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Solid State Amplifiers => The Newcomer's Forum => Topic started by: saturated on February 13, 2026, 07:50:01 PM
Hey guys
Treading lightly here
I'll be glad to take this somewhere else :lmao: you have been far beyond patient
Anyhow I got this realistic weatheradio 12-181A that probably hasn't been powered up in at least ten years
Anyhow I put a battery in it (9v) and it works :tu: but I could tune it (it goes from 162.4-162.55 Mhz) and adjust the volume to get some guy talking about seas and barometric pressure etc but as soon as I set it down it was like opening a door to a raging typhoon 🌀 white noise sound :grr
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I could repeat that a times then after that nothing but solid white noise.
I guess I need to open it up and see if there's anything blaringly obvious :'(
Oh yeah I need to find a schematic too
Check for corrosion on battery contacts, then start with cleaning the pots.