I have a Sony ICF-2010 that is appr. 10 years old. Last year, one of
my darling children pulled it off a counter, and it dropped about
three feet onto a vinyl kitchen floor. After this, the radio is
absolutely dead, whether I use the 110V transformer or batteries to
attempt to power up the unit. Sony has a flat repair fee of $113 to
fix the unit, but with fine print "does not cover abuse". In any
event, I would prefer to buy a smaller radio than repair the 2010 for
this price.

My question is whehter this radio is worth anything to a hobbyist? I
can put this on EBay, but if I'm only going to get $5 for it I might
as well chuck it in the trash now. Thanks for the info.

On 19 Apr 2004 14:01:55 -0700, (jrbdmb) wrote:

I have a Sony ICF-2010 that is appr. 10 years old. Last year, one of
my darling children pulled it off a counter, and it dropped about
three feet onto a vinyl kitchen floor. After this, the radio is
absolutely dead, whether I use the 110V transformer or batteries to
attempt to power up the unit. Sony has a flat repair fee of $113 to
fix the unit, but with fine print "does not cover abuse". In any
event, I would prefer to buy a smaller radio than repair the 2010 for
this price.

My question is whehter this radio is worth anything to a hobbyist? I
can put this on EBay, but if I'm only going to get $5 for it I might
as well chuck it in the trash now. Thanks for the info.


Is the case busted? I might consider buying it. I would probably only
give you 25 dollars or so.

Tracy

jrbdmb wrote:

I have a Sony ICF-2010 that is appr. 10 years old. Last year, one of
my darling children pulled it off a counter, and it dropped about
three feet onto a vinyl kitchen floor. After this, the radio is
absolutely dead, whether I use the 110V transformer or batteries to
attempt to power up the unit. Sony has a flat repair fee of $113 to
fix the unit, but with fine print "does not cover abuse". In any
event, I would prefer to buy a smaller radio than repair the 2010 for
this price.

My question is whehter this radio is worth anything to a hobbyist? I
can put this on EBay, but if I'm only going to get $5 for it I might
as well chuck it in the trash now. Thanks for the info.

It might be useful to somebody for parts, but you'd likely only get
enough to cover shipping. Consider buying a Degen 1102, it's less ($75
total including shipping from Hong Kong) than repairing the 2010.

Sell it to me. I'll give you $20.00 plus shipping and handling. Zip code
77015. Send me an email with the subject "sony 2010" at my hotmail address,
and I'll reply with my regular email and phone number. I am getting back
into electronics after 10 years on disability, and would love to have a 2010
to fix. I am currently buildng an antenna tuner/RF amplifier to go with the
new antenna I am about to put up, and am really hot to pick up a fixable
desktop unit to take the place of my portable (RS DX-402/Sangean ATS 505).
If need be I'll enter a bidding war, but I only have so much disposable
cash, being on disability. There have been very few things that I have ever
tried to fix but couldn't, and I would love to cut my teeth all over again
on a "real" radio.

Thanks,

Dave


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I have a Sony ICF-2010 that is appr. 10 years old. Last year, one of
my darling children pulled it off a counter, and it dropped about
three feet onto a vinyl kitchen floor. After this, the radio is
absolutely dead, whether I use the 110V transformer or batteries to
attempt to power up the unit. Sony has a flat repair fee of $113 to
fix the unit, but with fine print "does not cover abuse". In any
event, I would prefer to buy a smaller radio than repair the 2010 for
this price.

My question is whehter this radio is worth anything to a hobbyist? I
can put this on EBay, but if I'm only going to get $5 for it I might
as well chuck it in the trash now. Thanks for the info.

On April 19 2004, (jrbdmb) wrote:
I have a Sony ICF-2010 that is appr. 10 years old. Last year, one of
my darling children pulled it off a counter, and it dropped about
three feet onto a vinyl kitchen floor. After this, the radio is
absolutely dead, whether I use the 110V transformer or batteries to
attempt to power up the unit. Sony has a flat repair fee of $113 to
fix the unit, but with fine print "does not cover abuse". In any
event, I would prefer to buy a smaller radio than repair the 2010 for
this price.

Check the wires on the battery terminal. I had a similar situation and
one of the wires broke free from corrosion. It would not work on
batteries or 4.5 vdc transformer until I connected the wire. Works fine
ever since.