starman wrote:


That's why the Panasonic RF-2800 & RF-2900 had a drift problem. The
S-350 is apparently modeled after those two receivers. They used
miniature tuning capacitors like the kind found in small analog
transistor radios. They have thin plastic insulators, probably
polyethylene. The drift can be minimized by adjusting (relaxing) the
compression on the stack of plates and insulators but I don't advise
doing this if you've never had one of these variable cap's apart. There
are many small parts.

The tiny Grundig G1000a has a bad drift problem too. The wide bandwidth
on MW is pretty bad, with a strong AM station being audible over a 20
khz spread. Weak stations tend not to spread themselves out so far.

I'm glad I bought this thing cheaply (used). It was worth the fifteen
dollars. Even at that it was a gamble, as it only worked on the wall
wart and not batteries. The coiled spring end of the battery holder
needed to be soldered back on the printed circuit board.

It's not a serious radio by any means, but it can be fun..



mike