Rare just doesn't cover the Midland 78-999, it's a must for any collector....

So first fire up of the Midland 78-999 and this radio becomes a great adventure into removing some tragic modifications and putting this beautiful radio back as close as possible to how it left the factory. Just a beautiful radio....And I learnt not to presume as we are all always learning, and this was a pleasure to learn on. Cheers brenton vk3cm jdw229 pls subscribe and also feel free to join us on Facebook at Aussie Radio Pickers or vk ham sales and service anytime

[@rayleinster]

Great to see it working properly brenton well done

[@kennethray5434]

I have a Midland 78-999 that I use as a base radio, very good radio.

[@GeorgeEI7KO]

Hi Brenton. George here in Ireland. that was mine years ago. I did a video of it working here for the bloke that bought it Geoff I think was his name. When he got it he was on complaining it had no receive or transmit. Apparently, he had a couple of blokes to have a go at fixing it. The ribbon for the channels was in it when I got it and worked fine so I just left it alone, as in this part of the world 40 channels only radios are as much use as a handbrake on a canoe.
The ten turn trimmer you showed wasn't in it when it left here. All I did was the meter swap and all LED lighting along with getting a decal done for the rotary controls as some ape had seen fit to scratch up the original to mark knob positions. the Transformer and associated board were missing when I got it, but I never use onboard power supplies anyway. Nice to see it again and to see that its back working.

[@brentonmeadowsvk3cm]

Hi George, al working well now, great radio and excellent to know its history for sure. Thanks for the update, cheers Brenton VK3CM

[@ON8EI]

Well done George and Brenton :-)

[@george-ev1dq]

The antenna switch on these sets can and do mess up your SWR when switching, I stopped using the antenna switch after having much better results with an external switch. I have two of these sets here in the UK where they always had a bad reputation of being prone to bleed over, not a problem nowadays as AM CB users are far and few between.

[@Dalekennth1969]

very nice

[@WILDGEESE399]

Nice old radio there mate, dont see many of them anymore. just found your channel love your work ..

[@GarthWheeler]

i have one i am looking for a knob for the af gain thanks

[@jasondownes151]

Can you tell me why my albrecht ae485 has no audio on fm but perfect on ssb..audio on fm for 5 minutes then once warmed up sounds like it of frequency but still sounds OK on ssb pls

[@brentonmeadowsvk3cm]

HI, Jason hard to define remotely, but something very annoying happening for sure. I would check all oscillators and see if there is any drift happening, a few other options come to mind to check but maybe start with the easy oscillator checks, then we go from there. The fact its aok for 5mins then drifts off, check the easy stuff first for sure. cheers Brenton VK3CM

[@jasondownes151]

@@brentonmeadowsvk3cm its works fine ssb am just loses audio on fm

[@johnnyphillips9735]

Nice radio I know it's an old post but I still can learn a little tb35 hillbilly in the bam waving 👋

[@Dalekennth1969]

what are going to do whith the radio i like it yea

[@brentonmeadowsvk3cm]

That's a good question, time will tell, having a great play with it for the moment. Cheers Brenton VK3CM

[@Dalekennth1969]

Brenton Meadows cool