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My Philco model 650B I recently restored. Power transformer was cooked hard due to the rectifier tube having been installed improperly. The transformer B+ was shorted directly to ground. All caps and electrolytics have been replaced. The set has been fully aligned and dial calibration is spot on...
Tags: philco philco_116 philco_116b antique_radio vintage_philco 116B 116 vintage_radio tube_radio
Here is my 116B completed. Cabinet & chassis completely restored. Shadow meter is working properly. Sorry it can't be seen in the vid. I'm using a 150' long wire antenna. The bands are as follows. I started on the LW band. LW = 150/kc - 390/kc BCB = 540/kc - 1500/kc PB/MW = 1.5/mc - 4.2/mc...
Tags: Antique Vintage Philco Radio Mac mini Touchscreen touch screen itunes media center jukebox front row Eyetv diy gadget apple touchkit phonograph macintosh
A 1942 Philco radio modified with a Mac Mini and a 17" touchscreen to make it a networked digital media center. Music can be played through itunes as well as Front Row. Movies can also be viewed through Front Row and television can be viewed (and recorded) through eyetv. To see more photos:...
Tags: repair restoration radio philco antiques houchins
When a radio has a hum, replace the electrolytic filter capacitor.
Tags: Philco antique radio model 41-280 art deco 1941 AM shortwave tube valve
This is a Philco radio chassis from a nice art deco console radio I have been working on lately from 1941. It has AM and two shortwave bands, one of which is not used much today, which is just above the AM broadcast band. I have added an external audio input and switch to accommodate an FM tuner...
Tags: Philco 16B 1933 16 B chassis code 121 Recapping Antique radio repair antique radio. shadow meter.
Old radios contain very hazardous voltages that can kill you!! All bakelite block capacitors are restuffed. Tone control capacitor well is restuffed and potted with GE Silicone II. All out of tolerance resistors replaced. Electrolytic capacitors replaced. All tubes repopulated. I used new old...
Tags: Philco antique radio 89 tubes restore restoration fix repair 1930s coolbluelights
After a year of not working, I FINALLY got my philco model 89 to work! M first radio restoration project is a sucess!! I had to totally re-cap it, and had the oscillator coil rewound. now all I need to do is find out why is sounds so mushy, it's pvermodulating somewhere I think, but I'm not sure...
Tags: Philco 90 Coil Repair Antique Radio
Philco 90 Coil 7 Repair
Tags: philco philco 90 philco cathedral philco radio antique radio philco chassis
This set belongs to collector/friend "etech". The chassis has been fully restored and the Cathedral cabinet is close to being finished. This is the second version of the 90 chassis. The first version used two 45 output tubes in P/P arrangement with no AVC (automatic volume control). The second...
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com - here you can actually subscribe to a magazine that has everything you need to know and want about antique radios, from parts and service to antique radio history to a marketplace for the avid collector. If you find one that has been sitting in some old garage or barn, and looks all faded with a thick coat of dust and dirt, don't despair. "Retubing" a radio—replacing all its tubes for no particular reason—is a waste of money and does not improve performance. When wireless telephony (ie transmission & reception of speech) became possible, speech radio greatly improved the usability of radio communication. Philco Antique Radio In many cases, this "recapping" is all that the radio needs to be restored to health. They disassemble quite easily, take everything out of the cabinet. Following are several locations where you may be able to find some antique radio parts in order to repair your radio to working condition. Where to Find Antique Radios: The best places to run across old tube radios are Estate Auctions, or Estate Sales. Philco Antique Radio Bakelite is a brown-black mouldable thermosetting plastic, and is still used in some products today.
Most console radios were waist high and not very wide, as the years went on they got shorter and wider. Some varieties from the 1950s and '60s are easily found, while other, more unique and early examples are more difficult to acquire. Despite this, the antiquated technology of morse code transmission continued to play an essential role in radio comms until the 1990s E. Philco Antique Radio The console radio was the center piece of every house back in the era of radio, they were big and expensive running up to $700 back in the late 1930s. Mostly for the wealthy, these radios were placed in hallways and living rooms. A good site to visit is www. Parts and Repairs: There are many places that can repair or refurbish an old tube radio for you. Philco Antique Radio Scott had features that no other manufacturer had at the time. But how do you start collecting antique radios? Read on for useful hints and websites to make collecting antique radios a fun and interesting hobby! The first thing to consider when starting up collecting antique radios is if you wish to have them operational or not.
grandcanyonruberadio. To avoid wasting time and money, you must be able to tell them apart. Philco Antique Radio Most consumer console radios were made by RCA, Philco, General Electric, Montgomery Ward (under the Airline brand name), Sears (under the Silvertone brand name), Westinghouse, radio-bar and many more. Early TRF sets only operated headphones, but by the 1930s it was more common to use additional amplification to power a loudspeaker, despite the expense . These used one or more valves (tubes) to provide amplification. With regularly scheduled programs the family gathered together in the evenings to sit around the radio, and enjoy Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra. Philco Antique Radio The first radio receivers used a coherer and sounding board, and were only able to receive Morse code, and thump it out on the board. These photos show the underside of a Grundig 940W radio before and after recapping. As the greatest generation passes on, more and more of.