This is a very romantic subject since the Farm Radio helped to deal with isolation in the dirty thirties. Radios like this may well have saved lives within isolated farm families far from towns and cities. Radio for some was heaven sent. Yours is a beautiful radio.
Thank you for the lovely comments. I really enjoy getting the old radios working again. While listening after restoration, I sometimes think about the history of the radio and what the original owners listened to over the airwaves of early 20th century America.
I. Love the old farm radios . Here in the UK they are very rare now . The C batteries last for the shelf life . Zero current flow. I have seen 1940s ones still ok ! Bit different from modern batteries. Lovely radio . Wish I could find one like that . Must have been expensive to run back in the day . Heavy filament current draw . Good video . Well done 👍
Thanks for the comments. That was the first farm radio experience for me. I learned quite a bit about them. Very different from the later AC radios. I was lucky to get that one as a gift from a friend. I am keeping the old C battery on my work bench as a conversation piece.
Great find indeed. I'm lucky enough to have a friend who collected old radios and who is now cleaning out his basement and giving me many of his old radios. Thanks very much for subscribing.
At 4:39 you see the button bias cell batteries. 1.5 Volts in series. This is an interesting restore. Rather complex for a farm radio. Seems to perform flawlessly.
It is working fairly well now. The Battery Eliminator power supply is producing a bit of ripple so I have a 120 HZ hum. It's not too bad and I do have a replacement that I may swap in at a later date.
😡😡😡😡Bei solchen schönen Historischen Geräten sollte man die alten Kondensatoren und andere Teile neu Befüllen oder einseitig Still legen und drin Lassen. Solche Kaput Reparierte Geräte haben Später keinen Sammel Wert mehr. 😡😡😡🤬
This is a very romantic subject since the Farm Radio helped to deal with isolation in the dirty thirties. Radios like this may well have saved lives within isolated farm families far from towns and cities. Radio for some was heaven sent. Yours is a beautiful radio.
Thank you for the lovely comments. I really enjoy getting the old radios working again. While listening after restoration, I sometimes think about the history of the radio and what the original owners listened to over the airwaves of early 20th century America.
I. Love the old farm radios . Here in the UK they are very rare now . The C batteries last for the shelf life . Zero current flow. I have seen 1940s ones still ok ! Bit different from modern batteries. Lovely radio . Wish I could find one like that . Must have been expensive to run back in the day . Heavy filament current draw . Good video . Well done 👍
Thanks for the comments. That was the first farm radio experience for me. I learned quite a bit about them. Very different from the later AC radios. I was lucky to get that one as a gift from a friend. I am keeping the old C battery on my work bench as a conversation piece.
What a great little find. I enjoyed your video very much and have subscribed to your channel.
Great find indeed. I'm lucky enough to have a friend who collected old radios and who is now cleaning out his basement and giving me many of his old radios. Thanks very much for subscribing.
At 4:39 you see the button bias cell batteries. 1.5 Volts in series. This is an interesting restore. Rather complex for
a farm radio. Seems to perform flawlessly.
It is working fairly well now. The Battery Eliminator power supply is producing a bit of ripple so I have a 120 HZ hum. It's not too bad and I do have a replacement that I may swap in at a later date.
The two little cells are bias cells😮
Correct. I replaced all the bias cells with AA batteries.
😡😡😡😡Bei solchen schönen Historischen Geräten sollte man die alten Kondensatoren und andere Teile neu Befüllen oder einseitig Still legen und drin Lassen. Solche Kaput Reparierte Geräte haben Später keinen Sammel Wert mehr. 😡😡😡🤬