Services
Standard "Re-Cap" Service
Standard service consists of replacing specific components, cleaning controls, and realigning radio circuits.
Other services such as troubleshooting are available.
Standard service consists of replacing specific components, cleaning controls, and realigning radio circuits.
Other services such as troubleshooting are available.
This AC/DC did not work. Some of the components had failed as would normally be expected, and others had burned out.
Restoration of this radio required a complete circuit rebuild, which is not a common requirement.
I started my career repairing land-mobile radios (commercial two-way radios) in the mid 1990s before I went into satellite communications systems. I've been restoring the electronics on tube radios for about 15 years. I've been a member of the Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada for over a decade.
These radios have a look and feel to them that just cannot be found today. The sound of the tubes is unmatched by silicon. It is a reminder of a different time when electronics technology was in its infancy. It also represents an era where the world was still "large" and it wasn't trivial or quick to talk to anyone outside of your local area.
The radio was in integral step in making news available to the public almost instantly. A phone call to the news room and one news reader later and anyone with a radio in range knew about the breaking news.
The AM Broadcast receiver is still an asset today. At night, from my place in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, I routinely receive Sacramento, Boise, Vancouver, and Calgary. On Shortwave, I can receive New Zealand Radio International, day or night. Just receiving a different countries is a pleasure unto itself and helpful in understanding another point of view.
The vast majority of these radios can be restored to operation. Even one in poor physical condition can be restored.
These radios deserve to be kept in operation for as long as possible. They have been with us since the 1910s and have watched us grow up to our modern always-connected instant-information society.