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Late 1920's or early 30's RCA Radiola.
John found this radio at an antique shop on vacation. It appears
to be in fairly good physical condition. Have not gotten to work on it
yet.
Pictures:
Front
view of cabinet before repairs Rear
of cabinet before repairs.
Mid-1970's RCA Radio/Phono console. This unit
needed cleaning, lubrication, and adjustment of the turntable. There
was intermittent sound in the left channel, and we tracked this down to
an intermittent connection in one of the audio output capacitors. (1000
mfd). At first we thought it was just a bad solder joint...however, the
cap showed no ESR reading when tested, so it was replaced.
Photo: Amp
on bench for repairs.
RCA 45-rpm phono with built-in amp.
This unit needed changer cleaning/lubrication, a new phono cartridge,
new capacitors, and a bad solder joint repaired at the 50C5 cathode
resistor.
Photos:
Underside
of turntable. New
Phono Cartridge. Amp chassis.
Amp
with new capacitors. John
measuring voltage.
1940's RCA console. This
radio has severe cabinet damage due to rain...we will likely rebuild it
into a table radio.
Photos:
Front
of cabinet. Nipper
decal on door.
Late 1940's RCA console. This
unit had its 78-rpm only phono replaced with a VM unit.
Photos:
Front
View.
1940's RCA console. Has
AM/FM radio, and phono. Has been painted blue.
Photos: Front
View before restoration Amp
before restoration.
Early 1950's RCA Console. This console has separate
phonographs for
45, and 33 and 78, and has an AM/FM Radio.
The chassis has had all
new capacitors installed and most of the tubes
were weak and were replaced. Both of the turntables have been restored.
Photos: Front
view before restoration. Rear
view of console. Testing
theRadio
Chassis.
Cabinet
with phonographs removed. Chassis
with old capacitors.
RCA
turntables removed from console before restoration. The
78/33 turntable shows a lot of rust.
John
working on 33/78 turntable. 45 rpm
turntable idler wheel. Working on
the 33/78 turntable idler wheel.
33/78
rpm turntable operating. 45
RPM turntable reinstalled in cabinet. 33/78
RPM turntable reinstalled in cabinet.
John
replacing dial cord. John
with completed unit.
Front
view of completed unit.
1950's or 60's RCA Kit Radio. This
radio may have been built as a project for a correspondence course in
radio for RCA Institutes. It uses a 6X5 rectifier, 6K6 power output,
6AV6 detector, 6BA6 I.F, 6SA7 convertor, and 6BA6 RF amp.
Photos: Front
Chassis View.
Late 1940's RCA Radio/45 RPM phono.
This unit had all capacitors replaced on the radio chassis, plus
repairs to the record changer, and a new phono cartridge and stylus.
Photos: Chassis,
John
working on the 45 changer, John testing
the unit, Completed
unit.
RCA Radiola Speaker. This is a
1920's unit designed to be used with battery operated radios.
Photos: Robbie
replacing speaker grill cloth.
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