MW and LW issues on GF 767

Hi All

Just got my lovely GF767 and its perfect.... except....

FM - Fine.
SW - Fine.
LW - V Quiet.
MW - Nothing ?????


Its been cleaned and serviced, and this is the only issue, wondered if anyone has any ideas ???

Cheers

Tim

wowminister said:

Hi All

Just got my lovely GF767 and its perfect.... except....

FM - Fine.
SW - Fine.
LW - V Quiet.
MW - Nothing ?????


Its been cleaned and serviced, and this is the only issue, wondered if anyone has any ideas ???

Cheers

Tim

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You may not have any shortwave in your area. Maybe to difficult for bbx tuner to pick up

Could be that the SW is not picking anything, but the MW should get at least radio 5 for example ..

Ah well.

Its still

FANTASTIC

My guess is either a failed AM local oscillator, mixer (converter) stage or AM detector. And if you don' t know what these are, then the repair is probably beyond your abilities.

Superduper said:

My guess is either a failed AM local oscillator, mixer (converter) stage or AM detector. And if you don' t know what these are, then the repair is probably beyond your abilities.

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Lemme translate that for you wowminister:
"私の推測では、いずれかの障害が発生した午前局部発振器、ミキサ（コンバータ）は、ステージまたはAM検出器です。あなたはドン場合、'は、修理があなたの能力を超えて、おそらく、これらは、いるものtは知っている。"
Better?
Norm, that's a no-no...

Strānj-Bōōmbŏks said:

Superduper said:

My guess is either a failed AM local oscillator, mixer (converter) stage or AM detector. And if you don' t know what these are, then the repair is probably beyond your abilities.

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Lemme translate that for you wowminister:
"私の推測では、いずれかの障害が発生した午前局部発振器、ミキサ（コンバータ）は、ステージまたはAM検出器です。あなたはドン場合、'は、修理があなたの能力を超えて、おそらく、これらは、いるものtは知っている。"
Better?
Norm, that's a no-no...

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No, that's perfect. And exactly what I said. I think.

So...

Its broken then :'-(

Make sure that the band selector is properly cleaned and verify that all the fine wires of the ferrite loop antenna are intact and connected (not broken). If the problem persists, you'll need professional help as it's not a DIYer repair.

Isn't LW just marine band? If so it's pretty much useless. Don't know why they even put in on boomboxes, unless they just wanted to pat themselves on the back for adding another feature.

As for MW, I didn't know you Brits even used that. Here we call it AM, and it's still very popular. (among the 60+ set, or people who want to listen to New World Order conspiracy theories).

Reli said:

........... Here we call it AM, and it's still very popular. (among the 40+ set, or people who want to listen to New World Order conspiracy theories).

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Or people who want to listen to sports programs as they are almost all on AM.

Thats true.

BBC Radio 5 Live is AM only..... Its the football channel for the UK, so live matches are broadcast.

Possible solution is to find a cheap DAB radio and run that through the line in. Better reception and quality - (but less coverage).