Glad I came across this group, looks like plenty of smart people here. I
have been in scanners snce 1989 and own a Realistic PRO-2006 (modified
some), a Yaesu FRG-9600, and a Bearcat BCT-7, and several other very
nice shortwave receivers.
Maybe someone has some ideas on this one: My Lowe HF-225 bacame dead on
all bands but MW, keypad and frequency display are working fine, cutoff
point seems to be around 3000khz, not certain anymore, but there is a
definite cutoff point in there where it just gets quiet, which leads me
to suspect input filters, coils, or other front-end circuits. This may
have been result of lightning damage. All other functions working OK. I
have the service manual with schematics and have done some work to this
radio in the past. Can you give me any leads? I really miss ths radio.
Email welcome (no spam) Thanks,
Bob from Michigan

RM MS wrote:
Glad I came across this group, looks like plenty of smart people
here. I
have been in scanners snce 1989 and own a Realistic PRO-2006
(modified
some), a Yaesu FRG-9600, and a Bearcat BCT-7, and several other very
nice shortwave receivers.
Maybe someone has some ideas on this one: My Lowe HF-225 bacame dead
on
all bands but MW, keypad and frequency display are working fine,
cutoff
point seems to be around 3000khz, not certain anymore, but there is a
definite cutoff point in there where it just gets quiet, which leads
me
to suspect input filters, coils, or other front-end circuits. This
may
have been result of lightning damage. All other functions working OK.
I
have the service manual with schematics and have done some work to
this
radio in the past. Can you give me any leads? I really miss ths
radio.
Email welcome (no spam) Thanks,
Bob from Michigan


You might want to check over in the rec.radio.shortwave group.
Pete (KE9OA) has been helping some other Lowe owners and knows
a lot about radios. He is designing a SW/HF receiver for commercial
sales.

Terry