Birchall
Dick Chown Award 2016
I am used to the fact that the A2 radio reception is not great, but this time it was bad enough to make me investigate mine.
I had noticed in the past that the diversity unit (the one where the wires are behind that little oblong (normally) empty rectangular box in the battery compartment) played a part in this and on previous A2s I have “jiggled” the wires (technical term!) on that unit and it actually did make an improvement. But not this time.
I also noticed that the battery compartment was showing signs of being flooded in the past (but ok now) so I contacted A2Steve for a replacement (thank you Steve).
I checked the list of stations and then swapped the diversity unit over and boy what a difference, I now have a long list of stations (some that I have never even heard of before).
So if you are suffering the same issue it could be worth a try. (mine was an RNSE head unit, but it also applies to the standard A2 head units)
this is where it is located in the battery box you can see the connections into it. To release each plug you need to lever off (carefully) the blue tabs (upward away from the box, I used a thin screwdriver but I am sure that someone will correct me on that process). Once it is unplugged you will see the two catches on the right of the unit (they are very tight but they do allow your to ease them back enough
Worth a try, these units (secondhand) should be at a reasonable cost because they are rarely replaced and should be readily available. I am sure that Steve has a few
Steve B
I had noticed in the past that the diversity unit (the one where the wires are behind that little oblong (normally) empty rectangular box in the battery compartment) played a part in this and on previous A2s I have “jiggled” the wires (technical term!) on that unit and it actually did make an improvement. But not this time.
I also noticed that the battery compartment was showing signs of being flooded in the past (but ok now) so I contacted A2Steve for a replacement (thank you Steve).
I checked the list of stations and then swapped the diversity unit over and boy what a difference, I now have a long list of stations (some that I have never even heard of before).
So if you are suffering the same issue it could be worth a try. (mine was an RNSE head unit, but it also applies to the standard A2 head units)
this is where it is located in the battery box you can see the connections into it. To release each plug you need to lever off (carefully) the blue tabs (upward away from the box, I used a thin screwdriver but I am sure that someone will correct me on that process). Once it is unplugged you will see the two catches on the right of the unit (they are very tight but they do allow your to ease them back enough
Worth a try, these units (secondhand) should be at a reasonable cost because they are rarely replaced and should be readily available. I am sure that Steve has a few
Steve B