Tag Archives: antique radio

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 | 16 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

Questionable Resto-Mods for Antique Radios

Posted on June 3, 2011 by retrovoltage

Normally, I write about how to fix an antique radio. Today, though, I’m writing about all the creative and interesting ways people have found to destroy them – and there are quite a few ways, from gutting a radio cabinet … Continue reading →

Posted in Collections, Commentary, Photos, Radios and Tubes | Tagged antique radio, aquarium, ruined antiques, shabby chic, stereo, tasteless, tube radio | 21 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 →

Posted in Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage | Tagged antique radio, GE, Musaphonic, repair, T-210B | 9 Comments

Newest Old Radio: a 1920s Battery Set, the Dayfan OEM-7

Posted on May 27, 2011 by retrovoltage

A new addition to my collection arrived today. I’ve been reading the Elements of Radio to learn radio theory the way it was taught in the 1930s and 1940s, and many of the reference circuits in the book are the … Continue reading →