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Surfin’: Whacking Radios

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By Stan Horzepa, WA1LOU
Contributing Editor



This week, Surfin’ discovers a new way of fixing radios.

I won a Radio Shack Realistic Astronaut 8 circa 1972 multiband receiver at an auction for $1 a few years ago. It had minor cosmetic wear and tear, but functioned like new after I sprayed all the switches and pots with an electronics cleaner.

It had been my garage radio ever since, and sits on top o...





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