One nice thing about traveling for work is I get to visit a lot of thrift stores. : )Radios about to be reborn as guitar amps. From top to bottom, a 5 watt, 8 watt, 20 watt and 30 watt.
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I bought an old Sony at a Salvation Army store for like 3 bucks! It uses 6 D-cells, so that set me back more than the radio! I was planning to hack it, when I noticed the "AUX IN" jack. Voila! Self hacking!!
No sir, you merely have to beat the ghost of Tesla in a bout of Greco-Roman style wrestling... in an inflatable kiddie pool full of the tears of Marconi (you know... that guy that didn't invent the radio). :D
that pile reminds me of being a kid .,.,the only flip phones around were on Star Trek.,.,beam me up Scotty.,.,lots of old car speakers make great CBG speakers as well.,.,.,imagine all the good stuff that went to the dump.,.,.,
Great score K., much more interesting than a microcube.,,.
There are plenty of tutorials online and even here of CBN there is a group dedicated to the subject.
The Sony in particular was a little tricky. There are two boards inside, one for the radio and one for the volume pot. The volume pot board is under the radio board so you'll need to unscrew both and lift them up to have enough room to solder.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible if you electrocute yourself Dave. Don't work on the radio with it plugged in. : )
Get a 1/4" mono jack and solder on two 8" leads. On the volume board you'll have two yellow wires going in. Remove the inboard one and replace it with the hot lead from your jack. Tape up the end of the yellow wire you just removed. Solder the ground from your jack to a ground point in the radio (I used the wire that attaches to the radio board's heatsink). Mount your jack on the radio's back panel and reassemble everything. Plug in a git and proceed to rock out. : )
Nice pile K! I have the third down. It’s a great radio. Sounds wonderful. I haven’t learned how to hack them yet. I tried but failed on one transistor type. Do a tutorial please. Pretty please...
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Good deal Rev!
Exceptional score, K!!! Nice going!
I bought an old Sony at a Salvation Army store for like 3 bucks! It uses 6 D-cells, so that set me back more than the radio! I was planning to hack it, when I noticed the "AUX IN" jack. Voila! Self hacking!!
No sir, you merely have to beat the ghost of Tesla in a bout of Greco-Roman style wrestling... in an inflatable kiddie pool full of the tears of Marconi (you know... that guy that didn't invent the radio). :D
Thanks K. I’ll try again. Do you have to contract with Diablo on these hacks. Down at the crossroads?
Nice stash!
that pile reminds me of being a kid .,.,the only flip phones around were on Star Trek.,.,beam me up Scotty.,.,lots of old car speakers make great CBG speakers as well.,.,.,imagine all the good stuff that went to the dump.,.,.,
Great score K., much more interesting than a microcube.,,.
Cool, K.
There are plenty of tutorials online and even here of CBN there is a group dedicated to the subject.
The Sony in particular was a little tricky. There are two boards inside, one for the radio and one for the volume pot. The volume pot board is under the radio board so you'll need to unscrew both and lift them up to have enough room to solder.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible if you electrocute yourself Dave. Don't work on the radio with it plugged in. : )
Get a 1/4" mono jack and solder on two 8" leads. On the volume board you'll have two yellow wires going in. Remove the inboard one and replace it with the hot lead from your jack. Tape up the end of the yellow wire you just removed. Solder the ground from your jack to a ground point in the radio (I used the wire that attaches to the radio board's heatsink). Mount your jack on the radio's back panel and reassemble everything. Plug in a git and proceed to rock out. : )
Nice pile K! I have the third down. It’s a great radio. Sounds wonderful. I haven’t learned how to hack them yet. I tried but failed on one transistor type. Do a tutorial please. Pretty please...
hi, my name is Glory ;-} you need my address ?
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