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LIVIO GASPARINI, Sun Nov 5 08:15:53 CST 2006
Exelentes imagenes de un buen trabajo, visitanos en: groups.yahoo.com "radioschile"
Un saludos desde Chile sudamerica.
Rod Sievers, Tue Nov 14 09:11:52 CST 2006
Hello, I found your page
about the RCA 85T1 restoration. I'm beginning a similar project and wonder if you
could help me with the dial string setup on this radio. Or is it a belt of some sort?
Any help or insight you could provide would be most appreciated.
Thanks, Rod Sievers, Carterville, IL
Larry COOPER, Tue Nov 21 02:20:56 CST 2006
Joseph Christilles, interllace@aol.com, Wed Feb 14 18:04:35 CST 2007
Hello I see you
have a Philco 42-345. I have on of these that I just finished recaping and installing
5 nos tubes. Then I turned it on and would'nt you know the main transformer is no good.
If you want to sell it for parts I would be interested.
Thanks Joseph
Mike, Fri Feb 16 18:09:43 CST 2007
Hi Joseph,
I received a Message Delivery Failure sending an email to your address, so Ill answer you here.
Sorry to hear about the transformer on your Philco. A couple of ways I test the transformer
on my radios is the Simple Tests as described at http://www.geofex.com/ampdbug/outtrans.htm.
You can do this before recapping the radio. Another test I make is the Dim Bulb Tester as
described at http://www.antiqueradio.org/dimbulb.htm. This is particularly good for testing
transformers. If the transformer is really gone, it is hard to find a good replacement. I’d
like to help, but I’d also like to keep my 42-345. The case is in such nice shape it would
be a shame not to get the radio working again.
I have put a number of hours into it already. The transformer tests out okay and I have
recapped it. I have also put some time in cleaning the chassis. Not sure what got on it, but
it had a lot of rust. I used some navel jelly (nasty stuff) and cleaned it up. I also had to
DeoxiIT and fine sand paper the push button contacts. Very dirty! It seems kind of odd how bad
the chassis of the radio was compared to the cabinet, almost like they were from two different
radios. The restoration is coming along real good. However the radio still has one problem. No
sound! All the voltage readings are right where they should be, but no sound. It may have a
dead output transformer, so I probably have to find a replacement. I may not end up with an
original replacement, but coming up with a substitute shouldn’t be a too hard. And if it gets
the radio working again, then a substitute is okay with me. Not every restored radio has all
direct replacement parts.
Sorry I couldn’t help you. Best of luck in finding a replacement or substitute transformer.
Regards,
- Mike
Ronnie, Tue Feb 20 16:04:33 CST 2007
Great site! Some very nice radios. I just purchased a RCA 85T1 on ebay and did a search and
your site came up. I will check back often.
LARRY Cooper, Sat Feb 24 15:20:16 CST 2007
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Mick Bijak, Fri Apr 6 22:46:27 CDT 2007
hey,
I wanted to know if you think 40$ for an unrestored and fairly beat RCA14x radio is a good
deal. I am considering purchasing one at at an local antiques shop.Do you know/have any reasource
for it's value. He says if I can come up with a lower price(must have a reasource)He'll lower the
price.
Best Regards,
Mick Bijak
Dorothy Rosa Durkee, Mon Apr 30 22:36:01 CDT 2007
Your site brought back many happy memories of radios and of my dad's shop (also called A1 Radio!) in
West Orange, NJ, from about 1930-1950. Regards, DRD
Al Mankoff, Tue May 1 11:46:32 CDT 2007
My Dad owned and operated A-1 Radio Service in West Orange, NJ, from 1935 to 1951. It was a small,
one-man shop that fed our family of five thru the depression years. I nearly fell off my chair when
my kid sister sent me your site! What a surprise! I was delighted to see the name revived and
current! How ever did you come to name your business A-1 Radio? And the work you're doing is
nothing less than remarkable! Good luck with your enterprise! www.almankoff.com
Bob Mankoff, Tue May 1 15:07:05 CDT 2007
Nice work.
Congratulations on what you're doing.
Richard, Thu May 17 15:04:50 CDT 2007
Great job on the Philco 40-120. Can I ask where you got new front sticker?
Thanks,Richard
Mike, Sat May 19 15:10:49 CDT 2007
Dorthy, Al and Bob, I hope your dad is smiling from above. Please see my email.
- Mike
Mike, Sat May 19 15:11:25 CDT 2007
Richard, please see my email. For anyone else who also wants to know see
http://www.tubesandmore.com/scripts/foxweb.dll/moreinfo@d:/dfs/elevclients/cemirror/ELEVATOR.FXP?item=S-M907
Lower right corner of sheet. It's a tad bit larger but should work ok.
- Mike
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Abe torkelton, Sat Nov 10 09:15:37 CST 2007
TonyJ, Fri Dec 14 06:23:34 CST 2007
I recently bought a Philco 40-120 and hope to make it look as good as
yours when it's finished. The strange 'extra loop' of antenna wiring around my loop frame was cut in several
places and a mess. Can't seem to find it on the schematic either. As far as I can tell, one end of each of
the turns was tied to the chassis and the other end simply secured to the wood frame? If you get a chance,
can you peek at yours and let me know if this is in fact how it should be, and how many turns it is to have?
Mine will need to be redone.
Thanks - and nice work on your collection!
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Jim Specht, Sun Jan 6 14:49:40 CST 2008
Hi,
I also am working on a Philco 40-120. I am having a problem reading the parts list for the pilot lamp. If
it is 34-2040 then it is a 51, but if it is 34-2068, then it is a 47. Any help you could provide would be
appreciated.
David, Mon Jan 7 15:37:40 CST 2008
Mike, Nice site! I particularly liked your lively commentary of all the steps you performed while restoring
all your radios. I have a question about the AES eliminator kit you used for the Northern Radio. Did you use
the wood block it came with? What kind of cable did you use for the A and B voltages? Looks like speaker cable....
Lastly, what size fuse did you use? Slow blow at 1/2A?
Thanks,
Dave
john denicola, Mon Feb 4 14:35:24 CST 2008
i have an old philco record player and the speaker has one of those speaker transformrs piggy backed onto it and
one of the wires connecting to the speaker has come out ..do you know of a way to repair that? thanks
johndenicola
, Sun Feb 10 18:48:34 CST 2008
I have an old RCA tube radio
wooden case
three knobs on the frontand one on each side
not FM
only AM and shortwave
very heavy
cant seem to find any info on it
Jon Everley, Sat Feb 23 08:34:05 CST 2008
I have a 1938 Stewart-Warner "Magic Keyboard" console model. The plastic button and tuner panels are warped and cracked
(the tuner panel had glass) Can they be restored and if so, How? Thankyou.
Robin Roeckers, Wed Feb 27 08:45:40 CST 2008
Have you ever had the opportunity to refinish a radio with plastic inlays? I have a Firestone S7403-5 Melody with red
inlays that some nut has painted over. I got the paint off but how do you stain it without covering the red plastic?
Robin Roeckers, Wed Aug 27 11:10:15 CDT 2008
Where do you get the clips that hold the backs on the bakelite radio sets? I have a couple that only have one of these
little "T" shaped fasteners. I've looked everywhere.
A1Radio says: see the discussion at http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=92134&sid=a6cdda564926862a2bd21a70408bb6c4
jean-guy gagne, Sat Sep 27 09:07:00 CDT 2008
I have a Northern Electric B4100 battery radio and I would like to know if I can buy the
battery set or the electrical AC replacement?
jean-guy gagne, Tue Sep 30 06:45:33 CDT 2008
Very good work on the Northern Electric B4100!! I am a retiree from them and I have one of
those and I would like to buy a power supply to replace the battery set. Can you help me?
A1Radio says: The power supply I have I built from a kit purchased from Tubes And More:
Tubes And More
I have a couple of battery radios and none of them use the “C” output so I only added the “A” and “B” to my build. It
also doesn’t come with a case so I picked one up from Radio Shack and used a thinner wood base and installed it in
the case. However it may be used without a case.
A bit more money will get you the ARBE III found at:
ARBE III
It gets good reviews from the folks at the Antique Radio Forums. I built mine to kinda look like this one.
Check out this article on battery radios with info on using batteries and Building a B Battery Eliminator:
Phil's Old Radios
If you go the battery route using 10 9-volt batteries and a 1.5-volt you can do it yourself or purchase a
kit from:
Dialcover.com
Look for BATTERY POWER SUPPLY on the page. Currently only $20 including batteries!
More discussion on battery eliminators can be foud here:
Antique Radio Forum link
Hope that is some help.