I enjoy working on old tube type radios,Mostly zenith short wave receivers but i also have a few am band radio also,I also can be caught working on a few tube type stereos also,so here are a few pictures of the radios in my collection .

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Another late 30's general electric radio,Missing to knobs but work well after a recap

Late 30's Sears Silvertone after restoration

hallicrafter sx-96 ,My first short wave as a kid,This one has been recap and works well

Here are some of my test equipment that i use when working on old radio's

Missing two knobs but works well,In the processing of recapping

conar model 311 condenser checker,works will also in the processing of recapping

This is my heathkit condenser checker model c-3 works very will and was recapped a few years back,All so my conar signal tracer model 230 works but it is also in the processing of being recapped

I used this all the time,Fluke 8600a multimeter,I wanted one as a kid but $400 new in the 70's was a lot of money,still is

Eico 635 tube tester,When you work on radios like i do you got to have a least one tube tester

Last Updated: Sunday, January 9, 2011 13:32 E.S.T