{"id":20243,"date":"2016-08-06T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-06T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=20243"},"modified":"2016-08-04T17:37:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T21:37:47","slug":"patrick-comments-on-his-newly-restored-sony-crf-320","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/patrick-comments-on-his-newly-restored-sony-crf-320\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick comments on his newly-restored Sony CRF-320"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sony-CRF-320\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Patrick Mason, who writes from Juneau, Alaska:<\/p>\n

I am the owner of the radio that Paul Carlson restored in the video<\/a>. The serial number is 31358.<\/p>\n

I wanted to comment about a statement regarding the receiver\u2019s sensitivity.<\/p>\n

After Paul concluded his final tune-up of the radio I can confirm on the shortwave bands, particularly 80 and 40 meters, the sensitivity on AM was better than 0.2 uV\/m. That\u2019s outrageous! The VFO is rock solid with no detectable drift whatsoever.<\/p>\n

Also, Paul replaced all nylon gears with custom metal gears\u2026 they will never fail again.<\/p>\n

Anyone considering acquiring this radio, buyer beware! There are many on the WEB who will claim it to be in some \u2018totally restored\u2019 condition\u2026when mine arrived from the seller it \u2018seemed\u2019 to be ok\u2026..until the counter went fruit loops shortly after unpacking. When Paul got inside the radio it had been \u2018tweaked and peeked\u2019\u2026.all wrong.<\/p>\n

I have a CONSIDERABLE sum invested in this SONY. If I could have known it\u2019s ACTUAL condition BEFORE my purchase, I may have passed\u2026.however, I now own what I consider to be the quintessential example of SONY\u2019s best engineering. All I can say, it\u2019s an absolute joy to use<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Patrick, you no doubt have a benchmark Sony in that CRF-320.<\/p>\n

It’s funny: I was just attending a local hamfest here in North Carolina and a vintage radio vendor pointed out Carlson’s repair video for your CRF-320<\/a>! He said (and I agree), that your CFR-320 was restored to a level that’s almost in a league of its own. I know you invested a lot in this radio, but you certainly have a fine example now–that is fully-functional–and will most likely outlast us all! Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Patrick Mason, who writes from Juneau, Alaska: I am the owner of the radio that Paul Carlson restored in the video. The serial number is 31358. I wanted to comment about a statement regarding the receiver\u2019s sensitivity. After Paul concluded his final tune-up of the radio I can confirm […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,129,43,4796],"tags":[5039,5319,495,4004,5040],"class_list":["post-20243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-reviews","category-shortwave-radio","category-vintage-radio","tag-mr-carlsons-lab","tag-patrick-mason","tag-sony","tag-sony-crf-320","tag-sony-crf-320-repair"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-5gv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17706,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/ebay-sighting-fully-restored-sony-crf-320\/","url_meta":{"origin":20243,"position":0},"title":"eBay sighting: Fully restored Sony CRF-320","author":"Thomas","date":"March 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Robert Gully, who points out this\u00a0Sony CRF-320 on eBay: Click here to view on eBay. 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