{"id":23560,"date":"2017-01-21T18:23:53","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T22:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23560"},"modified":"2017-01-22T09:14:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T13:14:37","slug":"a-replacement-whip-antenna-for-sony-icf-sw7600g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/a-replacement-whip-antenna-for-sony-icf-sw7600g\/","title":{"rendered":"A Replacement Whip Antenna for Sony ICF-SW7600G"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>

The Sony ICF-SW7600G (Photo: Universal Radio)<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a guest-post by Eric, WD8RIF.<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve had my Sony ICF-SW7600G for almost twenty years. Early on, my very young son broke the receiver’s telescoping whip antenna and it was a simple and inexpensive matter to order a replacement whip assembly from Universal Radio, the Sony dealer from whom I had purchased the radio.<\/p>\n

Recently, the receiver’s antenna failed at the pivot-point. First, the factory-supplied countersunk screw’s Phillips-head stripped out through repeated attempts to tighten the pivot over the years until finally I \u00a0had to replace the screw. The best replacement screw I could find was a 2mm x 6 Allen-head screw from an R\/C hobby shop that appeared to work fine until I managed to strip the antenna’s threads through over-tightening this screw. (Perhaps the Allen wrench simply provided too much torque for such a small screw.)<\/p>\n

Clearly, it was time to actually buy a replacement antenna. This turned out to be easier said than done. Universal Radio is no longer a Sony distributor and has no access to parts for Sony products. A visit to the Sony website disclosed that service-parts are handled by two other companies, neither of which could provide the antenna\u2014a surprising thing to discover since I think the antenna used in the ICF-SW7600G is the same part which is used in the current-model ICF-SW7600GR. A search on Amazon disclosed a seller offering the part for over $52, far more than I wanted to pay. Perhaps belatedly, I thought to check eBay where I found several listings, some offering the\u00a0genuine Sony part shipped directly from Japan. I was intrigued, however, in the listing by stone_deng (link<\/a>) who offered\u00a0a non-OEM replacement antenna, shipped from Virginia, for $16.80 with free shipping. The description claimed the antenna was a perfect-fit replacement. Figuring the price would make this a good gamble, and because I wouldn’t have to wait weeks for delivery from Japan, I placed an order for one on a Monday evening and the postman delivered the antenna to my mailbox the following Friday. (I noticed as I was composing this post that stone_deng has raised the price for this antenna to $19.90 with free shipping.)<\/p>\n

In comparing the replacement antenna with my original Sony part, the only difference I could see is that the metal tip of the replacement antenna is of a different style. Dimension-wise, the two antennas appeared to be identical.<\/p>\n

Installation of the new antenna was simple. A single screw secures the antenna to the radio.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Remove this screw and pull the antenna straight out of the receiver.<\/p>\n

It should be possible to slip the new antenna into the hole, twisting it to properly line up the mounting-flange, and run the screw back into place. In my case, the new antenna insisted on snagging on something inside the radio and I ended up removing the rear-panel entirely to install the new antenna rather than try to force the antenna into place. Fortunately, the rear panel is easily removed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Remove the battery-cover and the four AA cells. Remove the five black Phillips-head screws that are marked on the rear panel with arrows. The rear panel will then lift straight up. Insert the new antenna into its hole, lining up the mounting flange with the screw-hole, and insert and tighten the screw. Carefully place the rear panel into place, lining up the four screw holes, and insert and tighten the five screws. Re-insert the AA cells and replace the battery cover.<\/p>\n

I’m hopeful that this non-OEM antenna will prove to be rugged but time will tell. If this antenna proves to be inferior than the original in some way, I will post a follow-up to this post.<\/p>\n

Obligatory disclaimer: I don’t know stone_deng, and I don’t have any financial interest in his company or products.<\/p>\n

Eric McFadden (WD8RIF)\u00a0is the author of this post and a regular contributor to the SWLing Post. Click here to visit Eric’s website<\/a> which features QRP operation. Eric\u00a0is based in Athens, Ohio.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a guest-post by Eric, WD8RIF. I’ve had my Sony ICF-SW7600G for almost twenty years. Early on, my very young son broke the receiver’s telescoping whip antenna and it was a simple and inexpensive matter to order a replacement whip assembly from Universal Radio, the Sony dealer from whom I had purchased the radio. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"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":true,"_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":[627,3196,1],"tags":[2887,5856,4082,495,5857],"class_list":["post-23560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-portable-radio","category-uncategorized","tag-eric-mcfadden","tag-icf-sw7600g","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-sony","tag-telescoping-antenna"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-680","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":52086,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/frank-finds-a-sony-icf-sw7600g-gr-replacement-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":23560,"position":0},"title":"Frank finds a Sony ICF-SW7600G\/GR replacement antenna","author":"Thomas","date":"March 5, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Frank, who writes: Thomas, I have asked for and received help from your members a couple of times during the last year. I am sending this to you in an effort to \"give something back\" to your members. I managed to stupidly break the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Accessories"","block_context":{"text":"Accessories","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/accessories\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW7600GR-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW7600GR-2.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW7600GR-2.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW7600GR-2.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW7600GR-2.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5826,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/reader-chris-shares-travel-recordings-voice-of-mongolia-korea\/","url_meta":{"origin":23560,"position":1},"title":"Reader Chris shares travel recordings: Voice of Mongolia, Korea","author":"Thomas","date":"February 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Chris Johnson, recently sent me a message confessing his love of travel combined with shortwave radio listening. When he told me about his enviable plans to travel to the tiny islands of Truk Lagoon in the Federated States of Micronesia--and to record some of the broadcasts he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Map pointing to Truk Lagoon (Source: truk-lagoon.com)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/TrukLagoonMap-300x244.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9365,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/chris-field-records-nhk-while-traveling-in-peru\/","url_meta":{"origin":23560,"position":2},"title":"Chris field records NHK while traveling in Peru","author":"Thomas","date":"April 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"SWLing Post reader, Chris, has just shared a recording of NHK\u00a0World he made while traveling in Peru on Monday (April 21st, 2014). Yes, that's his photo above taken in the picturesque coastal town of M\u00e1ncora. Can you tell I'm envious?\u00a0 Chris recorded this broadcast starting\u00a0at 10:00 UTC on 9,625 kHz\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Chris-Peru","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chris-Peru.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chris-Peru.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Chris-Peru.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9649,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/last-day-of-the-2014-hamvention\/","url_meta":{"origin":23560,"position":3},"title":"Last day of the 2014 Hamvention","author":"Thomas","date":"May 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the the final day of the 2014 Dayton Hamvention. For exhibitors, it's the slowest day of the weekend (Saturday is the busiest). My voice is hoarse from speaking with so many people--it's been great! Many thanks to the SWLing Post readers who stopped\u00a0by our booth to talk radio.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Current Events"","block_context":{"text":"Current Events","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/current-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Morning on Wright Patterson Air Force Base","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/photo-001.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11330,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/sony-icf-sw100-difference-between-mki-and-mkii\/","url_meta":{"origin":23560,"position":4},"title":"Sony ICF-SW100: difference between MKI and MKII","author":"Thomas","date":"November 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In response to our post about the Sony ICF-SW100, Michael comments: \"I've found that, with some patience and a willingness to search outside of eBay, that the ICF-SW100 can be found for under $250. It's more than a fair bit of money for a shortwave receiver. If I had to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sony-ICF-SW100","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW100.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW100.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW100.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Sony-ICF-SW100.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20539,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/warsan-radio-7750-khz-baydhabo-somalia-on-the-sony-icf-2001d-telescopic-antenna\/","url_meta":{"origin":23560,"position":5},"title":"Warsan Radio 7750 kHz Baydhabo Somalia; on the Sony ICF-2001D telescopic antenna","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"August 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, great to hear this new station broadcasting from Somalia, during an early evening DX'pedition at my usual spot - a local Oxfordshire wood! Even better to hear it with just the telescopic antenna! The ICF-2001D is renown for being extremely well 'tuned' to it's own telescopic and this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Somalia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Somalia.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Somalia.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Somalia.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}