Channel Master 6510 "cordless" transistor radio

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About 20 years ago, I had one of these and don't know whatever happened to it. The other day, I saw one at a flea market for $45 (too much) and that reminded me of the one I had. After placing an ad on ARF, a forum member got in touch with me and he had two of these. One is in very nice shape and only needs a light clean-up and polishing. I believe this one has a defective volume control, as it is very loud when the control is at minimum volume and gets a little louder as the control is rotated towards maximum. Just to be on the safe side, I'll probably change all of the electrolytic caps. After all, this radio is 50 years old and even the transistor sets are getting to the point where they need a re-cap.

The other model 6510 actually doesn't look that bad; but, it has some battery corrosion inside the battery compartment. The whole idea with this radio is for me to use the volume control out of it to fix the nicer looking 6510.

Who knows, I may end up fixing both of these radios before I'm done.

This radio, along with most other CM radios that I've seen, is made in Japan by Sanyo. I think this one will be a good set once I get it working properly.