angelofwar
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- Feb 11, 2012
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Picked this sweet thing up at a local consignment shop for $20...I caught it out of the corner of my eye, and upon further inspection, it was a leather encased Crown Constellation Shortwave. Other non-band related markings include "16 Transistor Solid State" and "4-Band" before the "Constellation" marking.
Here's the link to it on Radio Museum:
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/crown_crown_trf_2200s_constella.html
Now the radio is excellent shape, given it's age, but I need some help understanding some of the older markings. The markings on the "meter" is "FM", BC, MC, KC, SW1, SW2.
What are the BC/MC/KC markings for? What bands? The selector switch on the side reads FM, BC, SW1, SW2. Is the MC/KC a foreign marking for FM/AM???
Front pic of the unit (the bottom where you can see the "speaker" is not transluscent like it appears in the pic, but looks solid/shiny black)
Here's the band selector (top) and the tone selector (L-H) on the bottom
Here's the "Sleep Switch" and the dual earphone jacks on the other side
Here's two of the inside, first ine showing the "data" and the second one the guts
(2nd pic, clear tube on the bottom is the battery sleeve for 4 "C" Cells)
Here's you can see the tabs on the back of the leather case to access the guts
Here's the top of the unit. The antenna telescopes out of the case, and THEN swivels, which I thought was pretty cool
(A little dusty, but once I clean the outside up and one of the chrome knobs, it'll shining)
What's this thing worth? I did function check it. The volume switch has static when moving it, but once you stop messing with it, everythings clear. SW2 works fine, but when set to SW1, it just hums the same. What's wrong with it? Can it be fixed? I know these things were built ALOT different back then, so I'm no too optomistic about getting the part to fix the SW1.
Anyways, any help/info would be greatly appreciated!
Dave
Here's the link to it on Radio Museum:
http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/crown_crown_trf_2200s_constella.html
Now the radio is excellent shape, given it's age, but I need some help understanding some of the older markings. The markings on the "meter" is "FM", BC, MC, KC, SW1, SW2.
What are the BC/MC/KC markings for? What bands? The selector switch on the side reads FM, BC, SW1, SW2. Is the MC/KC a foreign marking for FM/AM???
Front pic of the unit (the bottom where you can see the "speaker" is not transluscent like it appears in the pic, but looks solid/shiny black)
Here's the band selector (top) and the tone selector (L-H) on the bottom
Here's the "Sleep Switch" and the dual earphone jacks on the other side
Here's two of the inside, first ine showing the "data" and the second one the guts
(2nd pic, clear tube on the bottom is the battery sleeve for 4 "C" Cells)
Here's you can see the tabs on the back of the leather case to access the guts
Here's the top of the unit. The antenna telescopes out of the case, and THEN swivels, which I thought was pretty cool
(A little dusty, but once I clean the outside up and one of the chrome knobs, it'll shining)
What's this thing worth? I did function check it. The volume switch has static when moving it, but once you stop messing with it, everythings clear. SW2 works fine, but when set to SW1, it just hums the same. What's wrong with it? Can it be fixed? I know these things were built ALOT different back then, so I'm no too optomistic about getting the part to fix the SW1.
Anyways, any help/info would be greatly appreciated!
Dave
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