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31st May 2021, 4:19 pm | #1 |
Triode
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York 863 knobs
Long shot but I have a York 863 CB radio. The control knobs are painted silver but are a bit thin with wear, showing the yellowish plastic underneath. Tempted to carefully rub down and repaint.
Anybody successfully done this? If so could they recommend a paint/product, Plastikote? Cheers, Tea-Bot. |
1st Jun 2021, 12:25 am | #2 |
Dekatron
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Re: York 863 knobs
I can't help directly with your question, but I do have an 863 myself so I would be interested to know the outcome from this.
Quite a few Cybernet-built radios with brand names other than York used the same knobs, sometimes Silver / Grey like the Yorks, sometimes black. Offhand, Ham International (Black), HyGain (Silver), and some Colt and Major models - this is not a complete list - also used these knobs so if you keep an eye out for a basket case 'spares only' example of one of those, that might get you some spare knobs to play with. Of course you could also look out for another 863 with a terminal fault but in otherwise good condition, same principle. |
1st Jun 2021, 7:40 am | #3 |
Triode
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Re: York 863 knobs
Thanks, yes. Sounds like a car boot / radio rally job.
The other option is take one to a paint factors and have them match it up, or compare to the rattle cans at halfords etc. Worth doing as the radio is immaculate otherwise. Tea_Bot |
1st Jun 2021, 7:54 am | #4 |
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Re: York 863 knobs
If you know any serious modellers (railways, aircraft etc) try asking them if they have an airbrush - I think can aerosols might be a bit too liberal for this type of job.
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1st Jun 2021, 7:58 am | #5 |
Triode
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Re: York 863 knobs
Good call, thanks
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1st Jun 2021, 10:15 am | #6 |
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Re: York 863 knobs
The York JCB863 looks like a Rotel RVC240 clone.
I commandeered the kitchen turntable for these sorts of jobs. (it used to hold the cruet sets and sauces) A block of wood with nails inserted in holes with the heads cut off sitting on the turntable and steadily turn it round as you spray from a reasonable distance. Give the knobs a good clean to remove all the sticky finger marks before spraying. Mike |
1st Jun 2021, 10:27 am | #7 |
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Re: York 863 knobs
The Rotels are another Cybernet sub-brand with the same knobs, along with the Cybernet 3000. On the Rotels they are gun-metal grey, same colour as the facias - can't remember what colour they are on the Cybernet 3000.
I like the turntable idea. |
2nd Jun 2021, 10:54 am | #8 |
Octode
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Re: York 863 knobs
I think Cybernet 3000's were silver, although I think that used the later Cybernet '135' board - Rather than the classic Cybernet '134' board, that appeared in nearly half of original 1981-standard UK CB's in various levels of fitted options.
As well as York JCB-863, and Rotel RVC-240, there was also Binatone 5-star (But black knobs, like Route-66?) and a few others. There were also some reduced-features versions from many of these 're-badge' brands, that Cynbernet also manufactured in Japan, which probably used the same knobs - like the York JCB-861, Rotel RVC-220/230 etc. However, I imagine that many silver-painted ones from that age will have worn away in places, so repainting is probably best - probably with a clear protective coat for a more permanent finish. The black knobs were probably made from dyed-black plastic material, so didn't have these surface-wear issues. |
2nd Jun 2021, 12:20 pm | #9 |
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Re: York 863 knobs
The Cybernet 3000 was the 'Big' radio in the Cybernet self-badged range and as such had the 134 chassis in it. The Cybernet 1000 and 2000 were the smaller radios which used the 135, essentially a scaled down version of the 134 chassis. I believe I have an original Cybernet 3000 service manual - with the 'Goodmans' logo on the cover, interestingly enough.
The Cybernet 1000 and 2000 were also much less commonly found badged as 'Radiomobile' (200 and 201, I think) and the Radiomobile versions have darker (Black?) facias, red channel digits and silver knobs. The irony is that the extra knobs on the high end radios - ie, York 863, Rotel 240, as opposed to York 861, 862, Rotel 220, 230, do very little that is useful. Did we really need a dimmer control which dims the channel LEDs but not the meter lamp, for example? or a 'Mic Gain' control whose sole purpose is to make the TX audio quieter? This was just the manufacturers trying to add 'features' to create a high-end version of a FM radio chassis which really only needed a volume and squelch control. Last edited by SiriusHardware; 2nd Jun 2021 at 12:27 pm. |
2nd Jun 2021, 9:51 pm | #10 |
Triode
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Re: York 863 knobs
I have a Radiomobile CB201 '135' based classis, with concentric squelch control and plated controls. It's probably the favourite of my small collection, bought cheap as a non runner .
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