Sovereign 2 telescopic aerial replacement

[Nebogipfel]

Hello All

Can anyone recommend a suitable replacement aerial for my Hacker Sov' 2?

I'm not worried about total originality so long as it can be fitted with minimal mod's to the set.

Thanks

Oh, and while I'm in full flow is there a recommended modern repacement for the Volume pot?

Thanks again.

[Mark Hennessy]

Oh, and while I'm in full flow is there a recommended modern repacement for the Volume pot?

I wrote about this a few years back - see the attached .PDF:

[Yorkie]

I've used ESR Electronics for many years - they give excellent service - all orders received before 3.00pm are despatched on the same day (Stock permitting, Excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays) For small orders under 1kg in weight they charge £3.50 and send by Royal Mail. 4k7 switched log pots are available at £1.92 each plus VAT from ESR, Order Code: 952-247. The pots are as shown in Marks notes.

http://www.esr.co.uk/components/products...istors.htm

I usually order by phone - they're answer right away and are very helpful and slick: 0191 251 4363

Hope that helps.

[Joe]

See also http://www.bowood-electronics.co.uk/prod...ched-p-652.

Have a look around both places and see if they have anything else you could do with stocking-up on while paying the postage.

- Joe

[Nebogipfel]

Thanks Gents, I will follow up on the links .....

Mark, Perfect info' on volume pots, much appreciated

I found a thread elsewhere on replacement aerials but the link within is no longer valid. For some reason older threads always seem to be closed. I was going to ask the question again but I fear being pounced on by the enthusiastic mod's

Can anyone suggest a decent readily available telescopic for the RP25? I'm not desperately worried about the swivel base providing the fit is pretty good

[Joe]

The only thing I can suggest is look on e-Bay.

The other thing I've heard of using are telescopic magnetic pick-up tools from Tesco.

- Joe

[Mark Hennessy]

Yes, I'm afraid that they are hard to come by. There is an eBay seller that *very* occasionally has them, taken from scrap sets - they're usually about £10 BIN, and they don't hang about for long!

Whatever you do, resist the temptation to enlarge the holes in the scale and chassis. One day, something will come along. Don't overlook the possibility of scrap sets. Depending on what's wrong with the original, you might be able to combine bits from different aerials - I fixed a Hunter with an aerial from a Fidelity RAD 15 - retaining the outer stationary part of the Hacker aerial, and swapping the Fidelity aerial at the tilting base: http://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showt...hp?t=55113

[Nebogipfel]

That's disappointing news.

The aerial in the aforementioned link was via Maplin and did involve easing the hole in the fascia. I don't really mind that not being an absolute purist, but having looked at the current Maplin offerings it's difficult to decide if that particular item is still stocked.

There are lots of aerials around but most do not seem to be designed to be mounted as per Hacker and do not fully retract.

The offending aerial on my set was very stiff and I broke it while not paying attention to what I was doing ......frustratingly I can't even blame my wife! It snapped off on the second thinnest section

[Yorkie]

I'm not a fan of Hacker (or Roberts for that matter) so I'm not familiar with them. I assume that those who are Hacker aficionados have checked out e-bay thoroughly, so none of these are any good:

http://www.sourcingmap.com/replacement-254cm-10-sections-telescopic-antenna-aerial-for-radio-tv-p-230669.html?currency=GBP&utm_source=google&utm_medium=froogle&utm_campaign=ukfroogle&gclid=CNzr3KPf-LsCFQjlwgodIgoAAQ

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-Tone-FM...4897.l4276

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/7-8-200mm-FM-Radio-TV-5-Sections-Telescopic-Antenna-Aerial-Silver-Tone/290931839422?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D286%26meid%3D4065167174424629851%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1048%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D111131144696%26

Three for £3.14 post free (on a slow boat from China:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Pcs-Silver-Tone-FM-Radio-TV-5-Sections-Telescopic-Antenna-Aerial-225mm/290961198213?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D286%26meid%3D4065177248285564912%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1048%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D290931839422%26

They'd seem to suit radios in which the bottom section is fully into the cabinet and secured at the bottom of the set - maybe that isn't so with Hacker?

[Nebogipfel]

I'm not a fan of Hacker .........

Strewth David that's a risky statement within Mark's hearing

Thanks for the links. I have never actually bought anything by the "slow boat" but some of the prices look very good.

The Hacker aerial I need does in fact mount into the base of the set and pretty much fully retracts. They look to be bigger diameter than many of the modern ones.

As I broke mine close to the top I think I'll simply araldite the top section into the stump and be vigilant for a suitable period replacement as has been suggested.

On an aside and as a general related question I wonder if anyone knows of a way to lubricate retractable aerials without making a mess? My excuse is that had it not been so stiff to close I would not have snapped it off ........nothing to do with clumsiness of course