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First Look: 1934 GE M-125 Radio

Posted on September 24, 2012 by jwk

I was lucky enough to find a very rare, high-end radio for sale on Craigslist and jumped on it as quickly as I could. This particular one is the 1934/35 General Electric model M-125, their highest end offering for that … Continue reading →

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Fixing a 1934 Simplex Model P Dual Band Vintage Radio

Posted on June 27, 2012 by jwk

I picked up this 1934 Simplex Model P Dual Band radio for my personal collection about 7 months ago, but haven’t worked on it much until this weekend. It sat on my articulated chassis stand in the corner waiting for … Continue reading →

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Repairing the Farnsworth K-262P Vintage Radio

Posted on June 24, 2012 by jwk

I recently worked on a Farnsworth K-262P from between 1948 and 1951. His wife bought the radio to listen to records, and it came to me with reports that it had been working for a time but had inexplicably gone … Continue reading →

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Antique Tube Box Art

Posted on March 15, 2012 by jwk

I took a gamble on a box-lot of parts from Craigslist, and it turned out to be an excellent find. One of the things I found was a collection of tubes in their original boxes from 1926. That doesn’t happen … Continue reading →

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Grunow 589 Radio Repair Redux

Posted on December 29, 2011 by jwk

I’ve seen this model radio before in my shop and it was pretty exciting to work on another identical one. This particular one came in excellent shape – it looks like it was stored well for most of its life. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 6, 2011 by jwk

Part of a continuing series: Part 1 – History and First Looks Part 2 – Tool Prep Part 3 – Capacitor Can Rebuild Part 4 – Capacitors and Socket Replacement  Part 5 – Finished! I’ve had a GE LF-116 radio … Continue reading →

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1953 Hallicrafters 8R40 Repair

Posted on September 17, 2011 by jwk

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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1939-1941 Stromberg-Carlson Dial Stringing Diagrams

Posted on August 17, 2011 by jwk

I’m recently the proud owner of a copy of the original dial-stringing guides for several Stromberg-Carlson radios from 1939-1941. This information is extremely hard to come by – it wasn’t included with the original engineering/service data, nor is it anywhere … Continue reading →

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