Vintage Radio

[Jwillis]

Not sure where to post for this.I see vintage computing but nothing else vintage.

[@rt]

There’s a couple of Facebook groups, and a fairly busy Australian vintage radio forum. If not specific to Aus, there are plenty.
The Amateur radio section might be appropriate for this forum. It is titled with RF after all.

[John Heath]

I collect antique radios and there are many older members who would know a thing or two of tubes. I would throw it in with the designs and technical stuff section. For younger members a tube valve is the older glass bulbs with the red LED on top.

[chris_leyson]

We get some great repair videos from Radio Tech KC4UMO and Sue AF6LJ, Mr Carlson's lab looks promising and occasionally the odd TEK boat anchor pops up so it's not bad for vintage stuff. I really like the amateur radio tube gear, it's amazing how well these rigs perform when you consider how few tubes they contain.

[John Heath]

I would add they worked well and they were reliable. I luck out in finding an old techtronics scope 545B. I remembered it from it's hey days in the 1960s so I had to have it. 200 bucks and 50 bucks later for the original roller cart that came with it. In this case it was not a pretty face. It was a working scope to pay the rent. 20 years running with all those tubes and the only thing I did to it was clean the pots and oil the fan. That gives new meaning to the word reliable.

[basinstreetdesign]

Not sure where to post for this.I see vintage computing but nothing else vintage.

Try http://www.antiqueradios.com/ forum for a few hundred antiques radio enthusiasts.
To post you will have to make a free account.

[Ampera]

You just need to use RangeLAN and boom, vintage radios and vintage computers all in one package.

[ZomBiE80]

Those tube equipment are pretty fun to work at. I have a Salora tube receiver that i rebuilt myself when i was about 14-15.

[Rbastler]

I worked on quite some tube radios and restored them to working order. Same goes for a TV.
I also build several audio amps with tubes. Some without a single rectifier in the actual amp circuit.

Edit: Rbastler is short for Röhrenbastler

[@rt]

I’ve got a few 1930’s veneer consoles, only one of which I restored myself, and two from a collector already taken care of.
No matter what the historical radio society in Aus says, I like thinned out polyurethane.
My prized amp is a Leak TL12 Plus, I can’t bring myself to change it’s caps, and wind it up slowly every now & then.
It’s a total survivor, and one day I hope to get as lucky again to make a stereo pair.

[Martin.M]

yes. vintage radio 

[medical-nerd]

Hiya

Have you tried this site:

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/

Cheers

[trys]

You beat me to it there! The vintage-radio forum is a brilliant invaluable resource. I've even had parts posted to me free of charge by some friendly people on there.

[ManuelMcLure]

Also, check out the Mr. Carlson's Lab channel on Youtube - he's done several vintage radio restorations.