Superadio III 3 GE General Electric AM/FM Super Radio 72887A Tested

Ge Super Radio 3. GE General Electric Superadio Series III Long Range AM/FM Super Radio 7 88.1 MHz: Tune to Signal: L1, L2: Spread or compress coil windings slightly to obtain optimum The radio comes with a 280 kHz filter installed, any width down to 90 kHz should work

Vintage GE Super Radio 3 AM/MW DX of Première Toronto AM 860 CJBC
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There were also several Radio Shack SR III clones sold under the Optimus name but they were actually similar, not identical designs. Referring to the picture above - the ceramic filter is near the center of the board

Vintage GE Super Radio 3 AM/MW DX of Première Toronto AM 860 CJBC

There were a few other GE models which are said to be based on the Superadio design, at least one with a cassette deck built in and one with a digital front end (Model 7-2882A) The GE Superadio 3 can benefit from a narrow ceramic filter the same as any other FM radio The radio comes with a 280 kHz filter installed, any width down to 90 kHz should work

Vintage GE Superadio Super Radio III 3 Am/fm Long Range Hi 72887b for. If the CR-1100 had allowed switching to the 3 kHz filter, as can be done on the PL-380, this distortion could probably have been avoided. When I do this mod from the top of the board, I clip out the old ceramic filter:

GE Superadio III AM/FM Long Range General Electric Super Radio Portable. Re-typed in HTML format, remaining as faithful as possible to the original. Special Note: RCA acquired the GE division that produced this radio for many years.