before …

This radio came to me in very poor condition, the worse I’ve ever seen. Broken, missing pushbuttons,  select finger broken, besides frayed wiring, sometime ago some had been replaced with plastic that of plastic insulation, of which had cracked away bare. Two tubes were incorrect. Of course, resistors had aged & the values gone very high, and capacitors dried out. This radio used the miniature “bayonet” antenna receptacle, which is quite rare. As well, the antenna lead-in cable had been chopped, requiring the need for the replacement of that connector.

Speaker needed to be reconed, and the covers had to be reflashed copper (for shielding sake) and exteriors repainted to the original black wrinkle.

 The process …

After …

Completed repair. We were still waiting for the replacement push buttons in this photo.

before …

This radio came to me in very poor condition, the worse I’ve ever seen. Broken, missing pushbuttons,  select finger broken, besides frayed wiring, sometime ago some had been replaced with plastic that of plastic insulation, of which had cracked away bare. Two tubes were incorrect. Of course, resistors had aged & the values gone very high, and capacitors dried out. This radio used the miniature “bayonet” antenna receptacle, which is quite rare. As well, the antenna lead-in cable had been chopped, requiring the need for the replacement of that connector.

Speaker needed to be reconed, and the covers had to be reflashed copper (for shielding sake) and exteriors repainted to the original black wrinkle.

 The process …

After …

Completed repair. We were still waiting for the replacement push buttons in this photo.