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THE
COMPLETE GUIDE TO VINTAGE RADIOS
New
for 2009, this CD ROM-based (FULLY PRINTABLE) guide tells you all you need to know about
basic principles and the functions of components and valves
before moving on to consider circuitry and faultfinding
methods, finishing with cabinet restoration. An especially
comprehensive reference section is an invaluable addition to
this excellent guide.
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VINTAGE
RADIOS - Collecting, Servicing, Restoring
Chapter
listing:
How
it Started, Styling Influences, Collecting Radio Sets, Where
and How to Obtain Sets, When to Buy ... and When Not To,
Cleaning and Restoring the Chassis, Renovating Wooden
Cabinets, Renovating Bakelite Cabinets, What Valves Are, How
Valves Work, Basic Checking and Testing of Valve Radio
Chassis, General Testing of Chassis, Causes of Common Faults,
Circuit Arrangements of Typical Receivers, An Example Chassis
Restoration, Things To Make, Glossary, Appendix #1: Vintage
Radio Sources, Appendix #2: Suggested Reading, Index.
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RESTORING
VALVE RADIOS
Chapter
listing:
Part
one: (Getting to Know Vintage Radio) Safety
considerations, Hand Tools, Materials, Power Tools and Test
equipment, Becoming Familiar With Chassis, Home Constructed
Sets and the Little Maestro, Beware the Phantom, Initial
Checks and Tests with Fault Tracing Charts
Part
Two: (Example
Restorations from the 1930s) Philips 2534, TRF Versus
Superhet, Ultra Tiger, GEC BC3754, Philco 444, Soldering
Techniques. (Example Restorations from the 1940s) Cameo
U54A, Using Capacitors to Replace Ballast Resistors, Ekco U76,
Marconiphone T18DA, HMV 1117. (Example Restorations from
the 1950s) Cossor 501AC, Bakelite - The Material With a
Thousand Uses, Bush DAC90A, Pye P76, Defiant (model unknown),
Philips 353A, Make Your Own HT Batteries
Part
Three: (Useful Restoration Projects) Replacing
a Broken Glass Dial by Scanning, Repairs to Bakelite,
Respraying Bakelite Cabinets, Repairing a Torn Loudspeaker
Cone, Creating Nameplates for Push Buttons, Casting
Replacement Knobs, Fitting a Replacement Wave-change Switch to
a DAC90A
Appendix:
Useful Formulae, Suppliers, Selected Websites
Postscript
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