{"id":47890,"date":"2021-02-21T10:48:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47890"},"modified":"2021-02-21T10:48:30","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T14:48:30","slug":"chucks-re-capped-ge-superadio-ii-might-set-a-new-am-bcl-benchmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/02\/chucks-re-capped-ge-superadio-ii-might-set-a-new-am-bcl-benchmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck’s re-capped GE Superadio II might set a new AM BCL benchmark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recently took delivery of a better-than-new classic solid-state portable broadcast receiver: the venerable GE Superadio II<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This Superadio II was generously given to me by SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Chuck Rippel (K8HU), who has–in his spare time–been re-capping and restoring all three of the GE Superadio series models and bringing them back to life. Chuck wanted to send me one of the units he’d recently finished, knowing that it might help me when doing AM reception evaluations. He insisted “no strings attached.”<\/p>\n

Besides thank you, all I can say is…<\/p>\n

Wow–!<\/em><\/h1>\n
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Note angels singing in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n

When I received the Superadio II a week or so ago, I removed it from the box and it looked brand new; even sporting the original “Headset Capable” grill sticker.<\/p>\n

This is a case, however, of a refurbished radio likely out-performing the original.\u00a0 Here’s a list of the main modifications:<\/p>\n