Antique Radio

In this video I grab these two ancient bits of aviation technology from the 1940’s. They are vacuum tube radios specifically designed for aviation use as navigation aids. You’d dial…

I think this one turned out pretty well, despite running into a stupid error that had me scratching my head for a while. This (I think) came out in 1939,…

I picked up this little (well its fairly big actually) vacuum tube radio from my local Goodwill for $11. I remember the person at checkout “keep your receipt in case…

Just let loose this one where I futz around with a pair of essentially useless old bits of test equipment: A Century Capacitor and Resistor Analyzer Model 201, and a…

Lets get these boat anchors and receivers OUT the door! Problem is they are in various states of disrepair and need to be addressed, probably fixed. If nothing else they…

Hey, uh, HAPPY NEW YEAR. So yeah, things are going about as well as they have been. My time blindness is a thing and I’m pretty well sick of it….

Here’s a cute little Zenith transistor radio I picked up at a local thrift store. It cleaned up real nice, and is perfect working condition!! AND It can be yours!…

Hey, here’s part 3 of my series on this troublesome RCA 16×3. Honestly, if new tubes to replace the bad ones doesn’t result in some kind of progress… this old…

Well yeah, I suppose I better start linking to my own videos, right? In this series I’ll be restoring an antique RCA 16×3 radio. When I got it, it was…

Scored a couple of Boomboxes at auction the other night. Both for under $30, which is definitely a score in my book. The first is a Sears model 2192 from…