[Swprograms] Sony 2010 Fixed

["William Martin" <wgmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

           Some months back, I had posted a query about sources for
           working on a bad-condition Sony 2010 I had that had had an
           FM Atlas-installed SCA adaptor built in it. I had some responses
           including a pointer to Kiwa Electronics. I knew about their
           modification work but not that they did repairs. Various 
personal
           stuff interfered and I didn't follow it up at the time. More
           recently, I asked the same question on Allan Weiner's call-in 
show
           on WBCQ, and another person called in to recommend Kiwa. I 
couldn't
           find Kiwa ads in recent magazines or PWBR, and calls to the 
number
           in older magazines' ads got "disconnected" responses. So I 
checked
           on the Web and discovered that they had moved from Washington 
state
           to Minnesota. (Check their website by Googling the firm name.)

           Anyway, I did get in touch, spoke with Chris on the phone, sent 
him
           the 2010, and he evaluated it. Later phone calls disclosed that 
the
           FM SCA adaptor was really poorly made and the installation job 
was
           botched, damaging the radio's performance. I decided to let the
           adaptor be removed and Chris re-built the radio to original 
specs
           (he happened to have parts from another junked 2010) and then he
           added a filter and audio-circuit mods as listed in his website.

           I got it back a week ago. It works GREAT! Before, it was deaf on
           the AM BCB -- when I tried it after opening the package and 
installing
           batteries, the first station that came in was a TIS over in 
Illinois
           on 530 kHz (in the middle of the afternoon)! SW is now loud and 
clear,
           better and less noisy than any of my other portables, using only 
the
           whip. Functioning with the external-power adaptor gets it even 
better,
           but the important thing is how well a portable functions when 
truly
           portable with batteries and whip only. I am most pleased, and 
wanted
           to spread the word and recommend Kiwa to all.

           I like the way it sounds with the new wide filter and audio 
mods;
           can't really compare that with before, because it had been years
           since I listened to it while it was in poor shape.

           Fixing the radio was basically $100; adding the mods was another
           $130 or so. With shipping it was $242. Expensive? I guess so, 
but
           otherwise the thing was a paperweight. What did I learn? Should 
have
           bought a new 2010 to begin with a decade or so ago, whenever I 
got
           this one. But now you can't get new 2010's anyway, so if you get 
one
           it will be used, and it looks like Kiwa can help if it has 
problems.
           (Hope he can get more parts for others who need them! Don't 
pitch
           any 2010's, even if the dog eats one! Chris can use the parts! 
:-)

           (By the way, they don't advertise in the magazines or PWBR right 
now
           because they have a full load of work just from their web 
presence
           and reputation.)

           Regards and 73, Will Martin

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