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Nice to hear you had success with it, Chris. Most people are unwilling to take on an amp as old as this one. Mine is a keeper. It was given to me by a good friend. I was able to get this up to about 1,000 watts out while running on 117 volts (no 210 volts available). I first replaced all of the filter capacitors, rewired inside for 117 volts, and then changed the power plug. It's a good one. Now I have to make space for it!

Thank you. This is a fun radio to listen to. Plenty of volume and bass and great reception when used with a good outdoor antenna.

As you rotate the tuning dial, a focused slit of light shows through the dial and illuminates the frequency you are on. The beam will move left or right as you go up and down the selected band. When you change bands the beam disappears from the previous band and reappears at the current tuned frequency of the new band.

@@kb1awv I worked on a Scott Allwave 23 with a wheel in the bottom that turned to switch bands, Quite a mechanical wonder these old radios!, Alignment was interesting

y best suggestion is that you try some of the solutions proposed by responders to this video. There are some good ideas here.

It was great Fun! One perc of being a NEWSM volunteer.

Thanks Laura Camille goes all out for the holidays.

Great to near you are using this old Hallicrafters! There is still plenty to listen to.

Todd, they really did know how to create style! That is part of the mystique. If you don’t still have your 60 there are plenty of them still available at reasonable prices. And I think I know the store you described. I once bought a large music box disk there. Thanks for the comment.

@@kb1awv glad to comment. I'm tempted to buy another but I'm overwhelmed with stuff as it is right now. Maybe I will down the road. The shop in Sturbridge was right off of Route 20 near the road (the Oxhead Tavern was set back from the road quite a bit at the back of a large parking lot), and there was a restaurant on the first floor. There was a balcony on the second or third floor and the building, which was actually a big house, was white. It was a great antique shop.

Justin Janczakowski That would be easy. If I test my regulator should it register as bad? In any event I will give this a try. Thanks!

Ken Carr No problem! If I remember correctly mine did test bad. But I was set on replacing it anyway based on the other comments I’ve read so it’s worth a shot.

Justin Janczakowski Well, I have it open again, finally. I have the voltage regulator but I can’t find the original. Do you recall on which board it was and where? I suspect it is on that tuner board that is encased in a soldered shield. Otherwise I should have found it. That shield must be a job to remove.

Jackie Ford Thanks, Jackie. We always have fun when Ed comes over. Camille is a great cook. ut I generally stay out of the kitchen when she is baking. I only enter when summoned or if the smoke alarm goes off.

@@kb1awv Haha! It's good to see you, and Ed! Haven't seen the old man in a couple of years. You've gotta kick him in the butt and get him to make a little road trip to Delmar, DE! You folks have a great Turkey Day!

i have with a low receive a real low receive any help would be great and thanks

OldMaine I’m happy you liked the video. I am sure there were a lot of us who got started on that very same radio.

These men have lots of energy. One is about 70 and the other is in his early 80’s. I can’t wait until summer when they will be giving rides to all the girls in their bikinis.

Just go to eBay and search ”telescopic antenna threaded” and you will find plenty of them.

thanks Ken.....oh I know that, I am talking about a original that came with the radio. the antenna I got on fleabay didn't bolt up to the original port I have on my S120. I need to look at a original I guess

Possibly the finals are damaged or you have a faulty transmit relay. I can only suggest that you look for a good repair person. Maybe a local ham club will have a recommendation.

I actually ended up fixing it myself - it wasn't the finals, it was the drivers right before them. Bit hard to find as the 2SC1969 is out of production, but now it works fine.

Wow, Alan, that was a lucky find! Please let me know when you post a video of your restored system so I can watch it and post a link here. There are new parts such as grill cloth and back bonnet cover available for those speakers. You can probably restore them too. Good luck to you and thanks for watching this video.

I did not solve it. I shelved the radio and moved on to some others. I expect to get back to it again someday. I will try out the suggestions that folks made here.

Russell ... so long as the video is of the same quality and good taste as the others you have made you are more than welcome to use it. I can't wait to see the result!

It is just a matter of my inability to remember menu items. I was consulting a cheat sheet as I was making the video and still did not invoke the DSP. I agree that it works nicely and should be used. My regular shack radios have even more impressive DSP. It is nicely done on my old Ten-Tec Omni VI and superb on the Yaesu FTDX3000. Of course I don't use it with very good signals. I like to hear better fidelity when I can. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thomas: The problem went away by itself. Fortunately I received and email from a professional repair person who has seen the same problem with customer radios. He indicated that it is caused by a temperature-sensitive component. I will quote his email below: "I'm Jim WA9Z, one of the guys on the Ten Tec Wiki list of tech sources for out-of-warranty Ten Tec repair services. Your receive audio problem UA-cam video was forwarded to me by a customer who also owns an Omni 6 with the identical problem. I have troubleshot the radio and determined that the DSP CODEC bias regulator IC has gone temperature sensitive. The unit has been repaired and not only starts reliably, but has more full-bodied audio at the speaker. I suspect the analog CODEC bias has been limping for some time, then the IC finally developed internal leakage to need a bit of heat for internal elements to expand to the point of conduction. Hence, the 2-3 second effect where the audio ramps up. I'm cleaning up my notes and will eventually make the analysis fault mode and fix available on the Ten Tec user group. You have likely discovered a common failure mode developing in these fine old rigs. Thanks for posting the video. 73, Jim Warner WA9Z"

My omni VI had the same issue. The problem was U23 (ICL7660) on the logic board. During the "warm up" it produced +5V. When the audio appeared again it gave the customary -5V. I put a new 7660 and also C18, 19 and 20 as they were subjected to inverse voltage during warm up. No more issues ever since.

@@straatanga Thanks for the detailed solution!

I did not. I don’t do motorcycles or scooters. My daughter lives there so I let her drive me around in her Toyota RAV4.

Billy .... Yes, things were different back then. If you were listening to shortwave and local radio you were on the leading edge of technology. And when you watched the news on TV that is what you got, news only. Everyone wore jackets and ties to church, no hats at the table, and you dressed up when you went to the doctor. I still pretty much still do all those things You should go out and get that radio (don't pay more than $30 for a good one). Once you play around with it a bit you will be ready for a modern portable which will amaze you at how well it works.

Cotocu ... thanks for the suggestion. The problem went away by itself (I suspect a capacitor reformed). Eventually I will be installing a new front panel that I have. At that time I will the do as you suggest and also the capacitors mentioned below.