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the snooper
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swine ive been wanting to restore an old valve radio 
the thing with old valve sets is if the speaker had been disconnected at any point the output valve will have gone
the thing with old valve sets is if the speaker had been disconnected at any point the output valve will have gone
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Depends where it was made, might be Adolf or Benito.Should be able to hear winston saying we at war with germany if you get it going.
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Looks as though its got an internal aerial? but is there a little socket input for an aerial? as I recollect some old valve radios required an external aerial input.
Whatever happened to the catswisker radio? first radio i ever built with a coil,catswisker and a variable tuning vane
Whatever happened to the catswisker radio? first radio i ever built with a coil,catswisker and a variable tuning vane
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I built one of them once, we used the radiator as a ground, threw a length of magnet wire out the window fro an aerial and listened to quiet, crackly, crappy voices but I built it and it as awesome. I seem to remember it only worked at night
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If the buzzing is mains hum coming from speaker the output transformer & valve will be OK.
Is there a "gram" position on the wavechange switch? If so it needs to be changed to another position.
the snooper
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very true just thought it may have been transformer buzz amplified by the case
I like valve radios, they have a great sound. One of the main troubles is capacitors failing & on these old ones they can go pop literally.
Be aware that if poking around in it when plugged in there are likely to be serious voltages in the chassis ie 300 volts plus & fooling around can spoil your day!
Be aware that if poking around in it when plugged in there are likely to be serious voltages in the chassis ie 300 volts plus & fooling around can spoil your day!
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the problem with valves is they can glow but doesn't mean that they're ok,old TV and radio engineers used to swap out suspect valves for know good valves to pinpoint the problem as it was a quick way to eliminate the problem because of the ease fitment in valve holders,they did know the stages of the circuitry though .
Valves had several pins or more.
Did you know in the cold war the russians still retained some valve equipment on their militry radios and radar,it turned out that in the event of a nuclear blast the valve could wistand the blast and the transistor got wiped out.
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I'm after an old valeve radio as I've heard they make great guitar amps and I've just finished welding up a three string cigar box slide. Well, steel rather than cigar box really..
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Worked with a lot of these types started playing with radios at school in the 50s
Worked with a lot of these types started playing with radios at school in the 50s
the snooper
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are you sure that isn't a plug already in a socket
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and make you jump
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the valve amp gives a warmer sound, have a look on ebay at valve amps for guitars even the small 50 watt amps go for good money where as you can buy a modern 120 watt cheaperI'm after an old valeve radio as I've heard they make great guitar amps and I've just finished welding up a three string cigar box slide. Well, steel rather than cigar box really..
