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Short Project: 1940 RCA Globetrotter A-20 by John Vassos

Posted on October 23, 2011 by retrovoltage

The last of the three radios I picked up from an estate sale a few weeks ago, I spent about an hour this evening bringing it back to life. I’m still waiting on parts for my GE LF-116 – my … Continue reading →

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Short Project: A New Lease on Life for an Unknown Small Radio

Posted on October 15, 2011 by retrovoltage

I visited a radio collector’s estate sale this morning and went home with a couple new projects. I started working on the first of them this afternoon, an incredibly simple small radio without any particular brand identification. I snapped these … Continue reading →

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1942 GE LF-116 Radio Repair Part 4 – Capacitors and Discriminator/Phase Inverter Socket

Posted on October 15, 2011 by retrovoltage

(June 2026 – Noting that this was one of my early repairs, several years before I started taking commercial work and this was truly a hobby. A few things you’ll see here don’t reflect how I’d do that work today!) … Continue reading →

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1942 GE LF-116 Radio Repair Part 3 – Capacitor Can Rebuilding

Posted on October 12, 2011 by retrovoltage

(June 2026 – Noting that this was one of my early repairs, several years before I started taking commercial work and this was truly a hobby. A few things you’ll see here don’t reflect how I’d do that work today!) … Continue reading →

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1942 GE LF-116 Radio Repair Part 2 – Tool Prep

Posted on October 9, 2011 by retrovoltage

(June 2026 – Noting that this was one of my early repairs, several years before I started taking commercial work and this was truly a hobby. A few things you’ll see here don’t reflect how I’d do that work today!) … Continue reading →

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1942 GE LF-116 Radio Repair Part 1 – History and First Looks

Posted on October 6, 2011 by retrovoltage

(June 2026 – Noting that this was one of my early repairs, several years before I started taking commercial work and this was truly a hobby. A few things you’ll see here don’t reflect how I’d do that work today!) … Continue reading →

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Repaired: 1960 Hornyphon Attache 61 German Antique Radio

Posted on September 30, 2011 by retrovoltage

I’ve been working on this Hornyphon Attache 61 model W 360 A radio for a co-worker this month. He brought the radio over from his mother’s estate in the 1970s and it’s been sitting ever since, and came to me to … Continue reading →

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1953 Hallicrafters 8R40 Repair

Posted on September 17, 2011 by retrovoltage

This radio came from an electronics recycler, it’s the Hallicrafters 8R40. It looked like it had been stored very well, had all the tubes, the dial strings intact, no rust to speak of and not even very much dust. This … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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