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Tag Archives: radio
1930 Crosley Arbiter Radio Repair
From the Rain City Audio Repair Blog: This 1930 Crosley radio came through the shop for a repair recently. The owner dropped off the chassis and turntable, then took the cabinet for professional refinishing. At some point in this radio’s … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Electronics, Radio, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged 1930, arbiter, Crosley, radio, repair
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1934 RCA Victor T4-8A Bluetooth Upgrade
From Rain City Audio: This was an interesting little project which came through the shop, a 1934 RCA Victor T4-8A cathedral radio. This radio had been fully restored, down to the bare metal of the chassis and completely re-wired by … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged 1934, Bleutooth, Input, radio, rca, T4-8A, victor
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Assembling Transistor Radios in 1955
Here’s a great documentary short from 1955 showing how portable transistor radios were assembled. It’s super retro! (2:35) Want to learn more about transistors? Just a few years later the US Information Agency produced an 8-minute short film about the … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Electronics, Vintage
Tagged 1955, 1959, commercial applications, documentary, history, Little Giant, radio, transistor, transistors, US information service, vintage ad
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The New Stewart-Warner Series 900 Radio
This Consolette Ensemble combining Stewart-Warner Table Cabinet Receiver with the New Stewart-Warner Dyphonic Reproducer, an arresting value at $113 (less tubes). Radio Retailing, April 1929
Posted in Collections, Vintage
Tagged consolette, dyphonic, radio, radio retailing, series 900, stewart-warner, vintage ad, vintage radio
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1931 Westinghouse WR-8 Columaire Antique Radio Repair
I recently got to work on another beautifully reconditioned Westinghouse WR-8 Columaire radio all the way from Bellingham. It was originally in for service with the SPARK Museum, but the repair technician reportedly suffered some health complications and was unable to … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged antique radio, capacitor, capacitor replacement, clock, clock radio, columnaire, grandfather clock, grandfather clock radio, radio, rain city audio, repair, restoration, tube radio, vacuum tube, vintage, vintage radio, Westinghouse, wr-8, WR-8 Columnaire
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1946 Zenith 6-D-029 Consoltone Antique Radio Repair
A local client just brought in a very interesting Zenith tabletop radio from just after WW2, the 1946 Zenith 6-D-029 Consoltone mantle radio. This is one of the iconic “boomerang” dials Zenith produced for a couple of years after the … Continue reading
Posted in Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged 6-D-029, 6D029, antique radio, capacitor, capacitor replacement, Consoltone, old radio, radio, repair, restoration, tube radio, vacuum tube, vintage, vintage radio, zenith
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1940 Philco 40-185XF Antique Radio Restoration
I had the privilege of working on a very well preserved Philco 40-185XF recently. These are top performing pre-war sets featuring 8 tubes, an RF amplifier front-end and push-pull audio output into a 12″ speaker. Definitely worth fixing up! This … Continue reading
Posted in Projects, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged 40-185, 40-185XF, antique radio, capacitor, capacitor replacement, philco, radio, repair, restoration, tube radio, vacuum tube, vintage, vintage radio
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Craigslist and eBay Antique Radios – Be Careful!
It’s not uncommon to run across antique or vintage radios on Craigslist, eBay and other sales site which are advertised as “working”, “repaired” or “restored”. Many times these are in fact professionally reconditioned items – just like you read about … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Electronics, Photos, Radios and Tubes, Vintage
Tagged antique radio, capacitor, capacitor replacement, fried electronics, radio, repair, restoration, tube radio, vacuum tube, vintage, vintage radio
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1945 Westinghouse Little Jewel “Refrigerator” H-126 Radio Repair
A local client brought me a radio which was in the family for many years, a cute little “fridge radio” made by Westinghouse from 1945-1947. The same year Westinghouse released this new model of home refrigerator, they also released this Little … Continue reading
Vintage Documentary: How Stereo Turntables Work
Documentary Tube on YouTube has digitized an excellent early video documentary discussing the newest hi-fi invention of the time: stereo! In this 4-minute video, the narrator compares mono with stereo recordings on vinyl. Worth checking out!