Eddystone S870 Restoration ?

I have have just bought an Eddystone S870 reciever from Ebay it looks good for its age but needs quite a lot of work doing on it to make it work. (sounds just like me, new heart valve , pacemaker, cateract repair and hearing aid + a general lack of performance due to a stroke..!!)

Hopefully it will be esaier than me to fix. From the photos it looks as though I need to clean up the rusting and the funny white deposits, free off the tuning pointer and perhaps change the mains to an IEC connector.

Then start on checking the resistors and capcitors etc and perhaps see if I can find/fix a small mains transformer and make it safe rather  than the existing AC/DC direct connection.

Should anyone be interested that since my last Blog I have change my computer to an Apple Mac Mini running Snow Leopard and I've not had a "Blue Screen of Death" or never ending updates since 2009 it just works and iPhoto is really great for photos and restoring old 35mm slides.


Anyway watch this space as I have found the Eddystone User Group site and download the service handbook. If you have already restored an old Eddystone like this I'd be pleased to hear from you

73's Phil G6AKK

(sort of qrt now RF can Upset Pacemakers if you are too close like bench testing and fiddling inside transcievers)