ShipbuilderMN Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 (edited) Don't know what categfory this comes into. It is a cross between obsolete radio technology, light engineering and model building. It is a vintage-style radio receiver that I designed and built over the past two or three weeks. The three valves are between 80 and 90 years old. The set is powered by a two Volt sealed lead-acid battery to light the filaments, and 99 Volts high tension, obtained from eleven small 9 Volt batteries clipped back to back. It covers the AM medium waveband, and has good selectivity at good loudspeaker volume. The capacitors, coils and resistors are modern components that I have disguised to look like vintage items. The shiny screening cans are two stainless steel salt-sellers obtained from a car boot sale. The variable capacitors were salvaged from old radio sets obtained form car boot sales. Bob Edited June 26, 2016 by ShipbuilderMN 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Now thats unusual,Ilike it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Excellent - I hope it plays 1920s music! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Ok so this is s bit late but i love it.. .rarely fix T/R on the front line and in workshops its a board swop. So to be able to tinker mustvbe great. Wouldnt mind having a crack at building a valve radio ....can you recommend any books or websites Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumper Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackfordhibby Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 What a lovely radio Bob. I would reckon an awful lot of people would love to tune into Radio 4 and the World Service (my favourite, though a lot of repeats), on something as unusual and beautiful as that. Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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