afternoon chaps(esses)...

[Micker]

hello there,
coming back to this after an AWFUL long time away - I used to be an OEM in the RN so not an absolute novice and my Collingwood white city days are long since disappeared into my mental ether, so I'm virtually relearning everything, after being left a load of old gear from one of my mams friends late husband. If you talk to me like I'm an idiot you wont go far wrong. 
Mick

[ppppenguin]

Hi Mick and welcome back to GVR.

[Diabolical Artificer]

Welcome to the forum Mick, don't believe in treating folk like idiots, we're all on different bits of the learning curve , that's all.

Andy.

[Micker]

Cheers for that Andy - it was just a pre-warning for if I ask anything daft - I'm at that stage where I wish I kept all those training notes - hindsight etc. etc.

[ppppenguin]

Mick, even the best (worst?) of us have horrible lapses from time to time. Don't worry about it.

[Nick]

Welcome! We're all learners here and luckily, there's a lot of people happy to help with any questions... a great pool of talent.

I found my university notes in the loft a while back. Could barely understand a word of them, not that I've had that much use for the three-dimensional Schrödinger wave equation when nipping into Tesco for a bit of cheese...

Polydimensional hyperspheres, on the other hand...

[Diabolical Artificer]

No worries. There are no daft questions but it's daft not to ask questions. If you were able to get your head round this stuff in the past, you'll be reet & you'll be in an even better place now as you have a few years behind you to hone your thinking and will have hopefully picked up a bit of patience,not to mention experience of fixing things.

It's easier today too as there are plenty of good sites and fora online. Is there a specific area you want to brush upon?

Andy.

[Micker]

Well my initial thoughts were on step by step fault finding. I've got a bit of a collection to go through but I'm trying to get 3 sets up and working properly that are never going to trouble Sothebys so I was going to use them as starter/learning kits before I start on the others. A Bush TR90C portable transistor The one with the 208 waveband selector, ( No obvious visual faults but no no reception on either waveband or raise or lower volume on control switch, Full of hunts .04uF caps and AF117 transistors? are these prone to failure?) A Cossor CR1200U that picks up the strong local MW stations but with lots of hiss and crackle, nothing on LW. and a Pye P43U that a cat knocked off a shelf and broke the Bakelite casing into a dozen pieces that was working ok prior but since doesn't want to play. And by god that Bakelite doesn't want to go back together. So yes any tips on step by step fault finding would be most helpful if you cant point in the direction of the better vids or publications that would be most appreciated.