Category Archives: Vintage

Antique Radios in “Babylon 5”

Posted on July 20, 2011 by retrovoltage

In Season 2, Episode 7 of television program “Babylon 5” (1994-1998), you can see a few antique radios in the space station’s Earth History Exhibit. With the help of some other radio hobbyists, I’ve identified the interesting ones. On the … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary, Photos, Television, Vintage | Tagged antique radio, Babylon 5, earth history exhibit, emerson, GE, wave magnet, wilcox-gay, zenith | 3 Comments

Found: Sansui SP1500 Speakers

Posted on July 9, 2011 by retrovoltage

It’s been a little while since I’ve gone on my rounds through the salvage and recycling centers nearby. There wasn’t much out there today, but I did find a very good condition pair of Sansui SP1500 speakers. I already own … Continue reading →

Posted in Electronics, Projects, Vintage | Tagged Sansui, SP1500, Speakers, vintage audio | 6 Comments

Repairing an Antique Radio from Start to Finish [7 – Conclusion] – Grunow 589

Posted on June 26, 2011 by retrovoltage

And we’re done! The saga of restoring the Grunow 589 is coming to a close, as I’ve sorted the last issue, performed the final set of adjustments and verified correct operation of all its features. Update: The series is complete. … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage | Tagged antique radio, grunow, grunow 589, grunow chassis 5-U, grunow radio restoration, repair, restoration, tube radio | 17 Comments

Repairing an Antique Radio from Start to Finish [6.5] – Grunow 589

Posted on June 21, 2011 by retrovoltage

Update: The series is complete. For more articles and information, visit these other posts. This dates back to 2011, when I was pretty new to this hobby – I’d probably do a few things differently now! Part 1: Identification and … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage | Tagged antique radio, EICO 324, EICO 460, grunow 589, grunow chassis 5-U, grunow radio restoration, HP 200CD, oscilloscope, repair, restoration, tube radio | 14 Comments

Repairing an Antique Radio from Start to Finish (6) – Grunow 589

Posted on June 5, 2011 by retrovoltage

Posted in Photos, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage | Tagged antique radio, grunow, grunow 586, grunow 589, grunow chassis 5-U, grunow radio restoration, repair, restoration, tube radio | 16 Comments

Cool Vintage Battery

Posted on June 1, 2011 by retrovoltage

I was out over the weekend and stopped off to look at someone’s attic cleaning sale, and ended up with a few miscellaneous radio-related items I’m planning to resell. One of the more interesting items was a lot of a … Continue reading →

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Before and After: GE Musaphonic T-210B Radio

Posted on May 31, 2011 by retrovoltage

I recently got around to fixing up my GE Musaphonic T-210B, a relatively nice tabletop tube radio from 1963. It has two medium-sized speakers, AM and FM with automatic frequency correction with 8 tubes. When I was a very young … Continue reading →