Antique Radio Troubleshooting

Burnt out rectifier valve. No sign of overheating.

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Antique radio troubleshooting. Find service manual 3. Try radio wear safety glasses 6. Professional refinishing is also labor-intensive.

Series or Parallel Caps. This is a closed group. B voltage normal or fluctuating with motorboat beats.

This is very interesting and useful but it applies to near-new radios. I have paid anywhere from 400 to 800 to have a large wooden cabinet completely redone. Screen voltage normal Open output filter C-16.

If your radios wooden cabinet needs refinishing thats an additional cost. If it is a clock radio and the clock is running and the radio still wont turn on one of the tubes could be blown. On the common AA5 radios there is no power transformer.

Open-circuit field winding or filter choke. Broken down filter capacitors. Replace all electrolytic and paper capacitors 4.

This group is for the discussion of antique radio or television repair troubleshooting and restoration feel free to post pictures questions and comments. Troubleshooting RF Circuits. GAIN control or the radios AF GAIN control until the signal fills six large vertical divi-sions centered in the cathode ray tube CRT display.

See Troubleshooting The Audio Output Stage. This switch is on the front panel of the 102 but other radios. In radios with power transformers make sure the transformer is still ok and the windings are not shorted.

Radio will work exploded view wax-paper capacitor. If you have a clock radio and the clock is not running but you are sure power is getting to the system one of the wires from the clock or clock switch may have come detached from the radio circuit. No signal from speaker.

Old Radios Troubleshooting Quick Guide How to detect old radio malfunction cause. The radio may have failed in 1950 and been put on a shelf so you may possibly have several faults the original one and the age effects. The most common fault in antique receivers and their characteristic symptoms.

Many restoration articles and some radio-related building projects. If you do not feel comfortable troubleshooting your own set I strongly suggest you invest in several good books on the subject of servicing antique radios and study these as you practice on an unwanted radio until you feel comfortable working on them. Dont overlook the antenna trimmer.

A premier site for antique radio collectors featuring articles and tips on restoration and troubleshooting. Do not power up your radio. There is a histogram from Radio and Hobbies that shows the common faults in 1959.

Replace blown tube to resolve. Old radios contain high. This radio is pretty much a conventional superhet except for the normal A-K design weirdness such as a volume control that changes the gain of the converter stage and the use of flexible resistors in.

Open circuit cathode resistors. Yes it does not work more harm than good 2. Hum-bucking coil leads on speaker reversed.

Try out the radio -- you should get at least a handful of stations. To adjust tune to a weak station between 1200 and 1400 AM. Next turn the automatic gain control AGC circuit to OFF.

If it does not work then signal trace through the circuit by injecting a signal at the IF or RF replacing resistors or. View unanswered posts Radio Repair Bench. August 15th 2018 434 am ve1arn.

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Signal trace through circuit replacing resistors where needed 7. Adjust the TIME BASE control for 5 msdivision. On some radios it is found behind the tuning knob.

This is a small adjustment that is usually located near the antenna socket. No sign of overheating B voltage checks zero. Antique Radio and TV Restoration Repair and Troubleshooting has 4620 members.

Most antique radios will work once the capacitors have been replaced. We also restore radio cabinets and build AM transmitters for broadcasting your favorite music and radio programs to your vintage receiver. Antique Radio Repair - Midwest Antique Radio Service - Repair and restoration services for all home and automobile vacuum tube radios.

If you spend hundreds of dollars restoring a vintage radio dont expect to recover that money by reselling the restored set. Replace anything that looks damaged burned or exploded 5.

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