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WORLD's UGLEST Vintage Valve Radio !!

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Dazzler111:

Dave Wise:
The resistors are marked with the Body-End-Band system, an intermediate stage between Body-End-Dot and the modern striped system.  They're probably somewhat off but the radio barely cares.  The IF transformers are shielded, while the oscillator can go naked.

Except where proven good, those molded paper capacitors should be shot on sight.  Be slightly suspicious of the molded mica caps.

The only difference between the 1S4 and 3S4 Power Pentodes is that the former has its two filaments paralleled inside the envelope, while 3S4 needs an external jumper.  (3S4 was also used in a 50mA series string in "three-way" AC/DC/Battery radios.)

Connecteur:
I've seen radio restorers insert new capacitors inside the shell of an original one.  Does this preserve the originality, or is it going too far?  Do shiny new capacitors ruin the authenticity of a vintage radio?

Dave Wise:
When you acquire something old, there's always the question, "Repair or preserve?"  The answer is, "Season to taste."  I like to make things work and I don't have anything a museum would care about, so I always repair.  One time I did re-sleeve capacitors, just for the visual satisfaction.  But even that radio will pass from me with notes describing what I did.  Some will even come with a "trophy bag" of removed parts.

Connecteur:
I suppose there is a tiny market opportunity for manufacturing "new old" capacitors; ones that look like the original, but perform as new ones.

I seem to recall a Youtuber who recreated old batteries for vintage radios, but I've not heard of anything from him lately.  Maybe he showed everyone else how easy it was to do it themselves.

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