MIDLAND 300/301 NO MORE WEATHER EVERYTHING ELSE WORKS ON IT INCLUDING AM FM

[darticus]

What the heck! Radio that I depend on for my safety stopped do the emergency weather part. All other aspects of the radio works. Why would weather be gone. Can't recieve a weather station when I look through the 7 available channels. Will it work in an emargency??? They want 7.50 + 45.00 to fix a radio which cost 48.00 on amazon.com. Anyway to check this? Ron

[wuhu_software]

It could be just a lose wire internally.

Rip it apart and have a look.

[darticus]

Took it apart but looks fine. Don't get it radio am fm works. Really strange! Ron

[wuhu_software]

That is odd... I always poke around on the circuit boards with the eraser end of a pencil to see if there is a weak solder joint or a crack in the trace.

That is odd but maybe they have two or more tuners in there.

[Jim18655]

Are all the weather settings correct? Can you get weather on another radio? Try taking batteries out and unplugging it for 10 minutes then try again.

[darticus]

My other radio works so the station are there. I will unplug for a while than if nothing I will take apart for a closer look again. Thanks Ron

[darticus]

Opened it up and everything looked fine. No loose wires. I see a crystal in it like an old CB set. Bet it went south and it controls the weather section! Would like to put a new crystal in but I guess its just gonna be a nice AM FM radio now. Ron

[wuhu_software]

Do you have an oscilloscope?

It would be interesting to see if it did indeed die.

[darticus]

No I don't. Any other way to check a crystal? Ron

[wuhu_software]

I am not an EE guy but I do not know of another way other than to replace it. That would be a shot in the dark though. I do not think failing crystals happen very often. I could be wrong.

[darticus]

Its OK its a nice radio now. Maybe it will give me the weather test this week and will work in emergencies. I'll listen to see if the local test comes through. Ron

[Sigdigit]

Had the same problem.  I wrote extensively about it on this forum.  Search and see all my comments.  You can't fix it.  It is a bad batch of chips or something that Midland used. You are not alone.

[darticus]

Had the same problem.  I wrote extensively about it on this forum.  Search and see all my comments.  You can't fix it.  It is a bad batch of chips or something that Midland used. You are not alone.

Glad to know I'm not alone. We should post a post In regards to this and see if there is a large enough group to put some pressure on Midland to allow us a class action suit or at least a replacement. I'm gonna start the post. Please join the post. Thanks Ron