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   Franklin Q. SWL to Mr. Cold Shower   
   Re: Static zaps Sangean (R/S radios)   
   06 Jun 20 20:37:59   
   
   From: franklinqswl@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:53:26 GMT   
   "Mr. Cold Shower"  wrote:   
      
   > kerry.manderbach@gmail.com wrote in   
   > news:20a79a2b-51e9-42eb-9182-52d7086ffe1b@googlegroups.com:   
   >   
   > > Greetings from 2020!   
   > >   
   > > I'm in the process of moving and was going through stuff in the   
   > > basement to see what I wanted to keep or not. My DX-440 hasn't   
   > > worked in many years and was replaced ages ago with a 398. I   
   > > brought it upstairs and was messing around with it... power light   
   > > always on with 9V 300mA adapter, no audio from speaker or headphone   
   > > jack, AM displays signal bars, FM stations don't. I read through a   
   > > few of the posts from the 90's and came across one discussing   
   > > flipping the INT/EXT antenna switch in the rear of the radio. I   
   > > pulled the plug, flipped the switch a few times and plugged the 440   
   > > back in. The set started working! The power light is still on even   
   > > when the set is off, but other than that the radio seems to work   
   > > for now.   
   >   
   >   
   > WOW! All you had to say is that it's fixed, you didn't need   
   > to write a God Damn book about it.   
   >   
      
   Please ignore the above comment by Mr. Cold Shower.  He's a faggot.   
      
   Thing is, so are you.  Go chow down on a bowl of cold dicks, homo.   
      
   EYE NUB J00,   
      
   FQS   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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