{"id":28284,"date":"2017-09-13T13:56:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T17:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=28284"},"modified":"2017-09-13T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T17:56:39","slug":"ed-gives-this-realistic-dx-440-a-bath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/ed-gives-this-realistic-dx-440-a-bath\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed gives this Realistic DX-440 a bath!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Edward Ganshirt, who shares the following:
\n\"\"<\/a>I found this critter [a Realistic DX-440–see photo <\/span>above] at a flea market. At first I pondered as to when I had my last tetanus shot before handling it, then again it had something that I see rarely in these portable radios … a BFO..!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I always said that a shortwave radio without a BFO is like a Harley-Davidson with a top speed of 25 mph, so I bought it. On the way home I could smell a barnyard aroma. I ruled out chicken and hog but I think it could have been sheep or goat. So I decided to see how well it works. It took a little bumping around with loose connections to get it working. But first since it was going to be taken apart to service the case and knobs would get a nice hot bath in a sudsy ammonia citrus cleaner with a bristle brush. Also the PCB’s would get brushed down with a mixture of denatured alcohol and acetone.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Now for the hard part: finding the rickety connections. This turned out to be simple, just inspect each wire at attachment point. I found 3 broken wires that were re soldered. Now it is together I am looking for a 9 inch antenna. The one here is not original it extends 66 inches. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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As to it’s performance, This Hogg can go up to 75mph now that I have the plug wires on. The user interface speaks to me as a lab instrument more than a daily listener which I think will become its role.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Absolutely amazing<\/em> transformation, Ed!<\/p>\n

I’m especially pleased to see you’ve given this level of TLC to a Realistic DX-440. I regret having ever sold mine as it accompanied me across the ocean when I studied in Grenoble, France, for a year just after high school.<\/p>\n

The DX-440 and I did a lot of travel and a lot DXing together! I hope your DX-440 takes you across the globe, Ed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Edward Ganshirt, who shares the following: I found this critter [a Realistic DX-440–see photo above] at a flea market. At first I pondered as to when I had my last tetanus shot before handling it, then again it had something that I see rarely in these portable radios … a […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,627,3,26,43,5],"tags":[2248,2891,4800,2890,5742],"class_list":["post-28284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-how-to","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-swlers","tag-cleaning-radios","tag-dx-440","tag-edward-ganshirt","tag-radio-shack-dx-440","tag-realistic-dx-440"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7mc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39935,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/eds-ultra-low-cost-upcycled-radio-case-for-the-realistic-dx-440\/","url_meta":{"origin":28284,"position":0},"title":"Ed’s ultra low-cost “upcycled” radio case for the Realistic DX-440","author":"Thomas","date":"September 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Edward Ganshirt, who writes: I have seen some very good radio cases for carrying your radio with you with a price tag. 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