OK This is WAY off Topic

[rake60]

A week ago I got a page for a phone call at work.
It was my wife. She asked me if I could repair a 1940 Zenith radio.
I told her I could. Then she asked if one would be worth $40
I could see where that was leading. Anyway it came home this evening.
After a couple hours of replacing a few critical parts it fired up and picks
up just fine.

It does look a little out of place next to my other toys, but we'll negotiate
on what has to be relocated. :wink:

 

[tattoomike68]

Oh thats nice, you can send it to my place if you dont have room.

 

[gt2ride]

Rick here is one I need to repair. Atwaterkent Belonged to my uncle. The lable is dated 1926

 

[Bogstandard]

Rick,
It must be terrible having to listen to all that 1940's stuff, maybe a radio from the 60's or 70's would have been better for you.

John

 

[gt2ride]

Rick this one gets more stations

 

[rake60]

Is that an old crystal set?
Do you own it?
Is it for sale?

 

[gt2ride]

Yes it is a crystal set. I never tried to hook it up. A friend gave it to me several years ago. I had better not sell it.

 

[gt2ride]

Here is a telegraph coil. It is pat. date 1917

 

[rake60]

My field of study in Tech school was electronics.
That was back in the waning years of the vacuum tube.
I still have an interest in the old equipment.
I have a 1979 Fender Deluxe Reverb amplifier that I bought for $25
I put $400 with of parts and months of time into restoring it.
You just can't beat the sound you get from tube electronics.

Have any other treasures?

 

[Alex]

gt2ride,

I got a pair of headphones that might suit your crystal set. I paid 60 swedish kronor, about $8, for them.

Note the rather high impedance!

 

[jagwinn]

Hi gt2ride,

Here is a link to information on restoring Atwater Kent radios.

http://www.atwaterkent.info/akArticles.html

 

[gt2ride]

Alex I have a pair just like yours. I bought them new years ago. They are with my Allied hand book. I can not find eather one of them
I was in the Air Force and work B47 aircraft. Auto-pilot and compass systems. Then for TWA for 21 years in the radio shop.

 

[gt2ride]

Thanks Jagwinn for the site