GE Superadio AM FM Classic Radio Daytime AM

[@todderbert]

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[@EMS36]

is this the radio with the capacitors replaced?

[@todderbert]

@@EMS36 Nope, just a deep cleaning on the enclosure.

[@mojavedesertsonorandesert9531]

This is my favorite radio of my collection. My Dad gave me his radio a while back before his passing. 📻🎶📻🎶📻🎶

[@michaelfuller34]

Just picked up one of these on eBay from desert thrift in Mesa AZ. Loving listening to mlb in the evenings on it. First radio I’ve had that could pick up the LA espn station inside my house. Years ago bought a tivoli and was so disappointed in the am reception. Glad I found Todderbert!

[@galibnjm5843]

I think ur Tivoli will be angry so keep this secret otherwise it ll stop fm too.

[@michaelfuller34]

@@galibnjm5843 , is long as this info goes out on am, I’m safe. 😂

[@jgstevens5169]

Thank you for the MW Daytime scan with the GE Superadio. I discovered many many years ago my Nebraska kin folk owned the same model. I was so envious!! To this day they enjoy the GE Superadio's capabilities. So many classic radios I covet. All the same, I enjoy your scans and reviews.

[@chronobot2001]

I have a superadio 2 and 2 superadio 3's. I like them a lot. I modified one of the superadio 3's and put a 5 watt solar panel on the back of it. Being such a large radio, it allowed me to mount a relatively large solar panel on the back of the radio. It provides more power than the radio needs so it even works when it is somewhat overcast. It beats the sox off of any solar radio you can buy off of Amazon.

[@clairesmyth8733]

Oh, I used to have one of those radios. Found it at the ASVARO Ham Radio operators electronics flea market at Foothill college in the mid-90s (I really miss them -I hope they'll return). It worked great for several years, then developed a problem with the power supply where it would power off and come back on in 15 minutes, only to do the same thing again when the component got warm. I got rid of it. I kind of wish I repaired it. A friend gave me a vintage GE radio 7-4135 with a wooden cabinet that seems very similar in quality.

[@music-radios]

This radio definitely has lived up to it’s name as a super radio because I had one & wore the string off the tuning wheel several times.

[@gabevee3]

50 on eBay? I wish! They want a mint for those bad boys. That radio has TRF tuning on both AM and FM and it is plenty sensitive on FM as well. Separation on AM is phenomenal. Each station is miles apart from each other. I love mine. I have the first release with no external antenna screws, the A, and the next one with the screws like you have, the B.

[@randyspears9827]

I have two these babies. I bought one for myself, then a few years later I drove by a yard sale and saw one on sale for $5. I grabbed that one. There was no way I could pass it up for that price.

[@quat7933]

Got this & the Superadio MkII & MkIII - FM performance for me is the biggest standout

[@bobwigg761]

I have the Superadio 2, great performer and sound quality. The only issue after all these years (bought it new in the late 80s) is the volume control: It won’t completely silence the audio when positioned at the lowest setting.

[@chronobot2001]

Mine does the same thing. I thought it was just the way it was. Did it originally fully silence when the volume is all the way down. At least I don't forget to turn it off and run down the batteries. I thought it was a feature.

[@bobwigg761]

@@chronobot2001 It wasn't always like that on mine. I could have caused it after spraying some cleaner into the volume pot. I'm just living with it, as it hasn't been an issue with the way I use it. I do think that was a feature on some older tube portables though.

[@chronobot2001]

@@bobwigg761 : That may explain it. I got mine from a ham fest cheap ($10) because the volume knob wasn't working right. I sprayed some contact cleaner into it and it seemed to fix it. I guess it must have left a slightly conductive residue behind. I'm not going to worry about it. The radio works well now and it doesn't really matter that I can't turn the volume all the way down.

[@anthonymccarthy4164]

One I always wished I'd had, maybe I will someday. . . . . He loves Super Radio on the AM ban(d).

[@gabevee3]

Wow, you must be in a mad mad reception zone to get 120+ mile reception mid day.

[@AlvaroSilva-o3q]

I have they same radio is a fantastic beatiful radio

[@paulbainjr]

Had few of these I like the radio I found the 2 model little fragile but I liked the reception.

[@Demy1970]

I have two of the GE radios but they are the newer version from 10 or so years ago. Works nice but some speaker problem on one of them.

[@DizJakeOG]

My favorite radio that I do not own. 😥...Yet.

[@davewanamaker3690]

How is the Superadio II superior to the III? Thanks. I am debating getting a II

[@todderbert]

The tuning capacitor is an open gang style on the SRII, and most agree it is better than the new variant in the III. I don't have a III, but if you are going to get one I believe it is the GE version you want. There is an RCA one as well.

[@davewanamaker3690]

My Superadio III has a terrible buzz everywhere in the house. Is it possible there is something really shot in the radio? The other radio I had didn't have that type of buzz. Much better tuner.

[@todderbert]

I would test with other sensitive radios. My neighbors have electric chargers on their cars, and they produce some crazy RFI on the SW bands.

[@michaelchadwick2254]

Do you have any GE Superadios for sale?

[@todderbert]

No, I own a SRI and SRII. Will be keeping both.

[@michaelchadwick2254]

@@todderbert Ok thanks. If you have any contacts or hear about any at a decent price kindly let me know.

[@tonyperone3242]

Another classic! A company named RCA makes a knock off that is garbage. Presumably Chinese.