Static sound in RF speaker

I think *roll eyes here* that there is a short circuit with another wire that is hot with ignition on. Whether it is within the radio or the speaker wire is another story. Only way to tell would be to swap the radio.

Actually, two or three different ideas popped into my head, but all of them had to do with the radio internals. OTTOMH, I think the radio has gone to the tube shop in the sky, but I have been known to be wrong before :)

I'm also glad to see that the percussive method of repair is still alive and kicking :) :) :Þ

Vuarra

Quid quid latine dictum sit altum videtur. (That which is said in Latin sounds profound.)

a component has gone bad and is making noise. sounds like board level repair. It can be fixed. there are repair facilities that can do this job. perhaps locally, or on the net.

This may be more speculation, but you could always get some contact cleaner from radio shack and spray any connections on the back of the radio and on the speakers to see if that *may* resolve the problem. Worse case, is you spent $5 on the item and no effect.

Worst case? I don't think so. The spray would likely degrade the cone of the speaker. The back of the speaker is about the last place that I would ever think to spray contact cleaner, because there aren't any electrical contacts there!

---Bob Gross---

I agree mostly with Weedahoe myself.

IMO most likely just the age of the speaker (particularly the voicecoil) is picking up interfefence. years of getting warm and cooling off have taken its toll.

Tony