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Re: 1950's Radio

PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:18 pm
by cornbinder89
dean466 wrote:If someone here on the site has a non-working radio like that one without the speaker, I'd be interested. There are companies that put new electronic guts inside. I'm just interested in the original appearance.

Dean

Dean, I have a transistor radio (AM) out of 60"s Fleetstar (Actually still in the truck) that looks similar. Might be better than cutting up and old tube radio. I'd have to go look but I think it has the International logo. Might even work for all I know.
I remember back when we used to put "FM Converters" on the old AM radios to listen to FM Broadcasts that were fast replacing the AM stations.
Went out and looked, and neither had the International logo but the radios had knobs and the faces look like they would be appropriate to a 50's or 60's truck.

Re: 1950's Radio

PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:44 pm
by cornbinder89
Pulled the radio and hooked a speaker, applied 12 volts and the light comes on, the speaker "clicks" with the radio powering up but could not pull in a radio station. I would assume that the amplifier section is working but the RF section is inop.
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Re: 1950's Radio

PostPosted: Mon Jul 15, 2019 7:27 pm
by lbesq
Tempted, but did you hook an antenna up to it? might help to pull in a station?

Re: 1950's Radio

PostPosted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:18 am
by cornbinder89
Had a short wire hooked to the antenna jack, should have pulled in the local station if the RF section was any good, so I assume it is bad.