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27th Apr 2021, 12:39 pm | #1 |
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"Retro" Radios
From another thread:
Anyone got any pics of one of those? There was also a rather nice downsized Philips 634A. And I recall Tudor Rees had something specially made available. Which brings me to show my own retro set. I was making and selling these in the late 1980s. This was called the 'Harmony' - LW/MW/FM - and was available in a variety of guises... see pics. It had a colourful back-lit dial. It was based around a transistorised chassis but had a whacking great C (and R) across the power supply to give an "artificial warm-up" effect! It had an MDF cabinet, quite small, and did sound rather nice. Steve
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27th Apr 2021, 12:59 pm | #2 |
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Re: "Retro" Radios
I have a downsized Phillips 634A sat here.
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Re: "Retro" Radios
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The PCB is a bit rough around the edges if you poke about inside.
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27th Apr 2021, 2:32 pm | #4 |
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Re: "Retro" Radios
Did anyone ever experience the "Spirit of St. Louis" retro-radios designed to look like something that might have been used on a 1920s aircraft but inside was just a boring MW/LW radio?
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/sosl_field_radio.html I got to fix one after someone had let the batteries leak. Typical cheap-tat construction inside. |
27th Apr 2021, 6:01 pm | #5 |
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Re: "Retro" Radios
Actually, mine isn't a Steepletone after all! I remember it was bought in Atkinson's Radio and TV in Workington (small, independent business no longer there) and is an unbranded model, made in Romania. Needs a new dial lamp and knob.
Here're some pics. The set is scaled by the Fluke 25 multimeter adjacent.
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27th Apr 2021, 7:14 pm | #6 |
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Re: "Retro" Radios
Good pics!
I was once handed a retro "634A" for cabinet restoration. I found it had veneers that were very soft and fragile. Steve
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