Great to see your success with this radio. I inherited one of these from my parents as a child when they bought a 'stereo system'. I used to listen to Radio Luxembourg and it produced a great sound. I gave mine away a few years ago during a house move. I'm beginning to wish I hadn't....
Hi from the uk. Hello Rod. The fuse link for the transformer never used solder hence the warning notice. What was actually used was Rose metal, it has a lower melting point and was used by plumbers many years ago when forming bends in pipes. Using normal solder will overheat and burn out the transformer, or worse a fire in the event of a fault . I like your channel and have subscribed. Keep up the good work. Cheers Chris.
My old Philco 18H from 1933 of course has no phono input so I put a wee little AM transmitter inside it on the same board that the chassis is mounted to and run an old microsoft Zune mp3 player to the transmitter which is set to about 1300 kilocycles, tune the radio itself to that frequency and have something approaching wired bluetooth, lol. I have the old Zune loaded up with vintage music and old radio shows and they sound great on that old philco console :) I can go a bit more wireless as I have a more powerful AM transmitter in another room and can hook the Zune or another receiver's FM, phono, etc. and even the TV's streaming services like youtube or TuneIn running through a DAC to the transmitter though I seldom use it. Just wanted to know one time if I could, so I did and it worked, lol.
Hi Rod, fantastic job on that radio, can I make a suggestion on the cabinet woodwork. Try finishing with beeswax gives a nice gloss finish. Had a pye radio which I restored, and used beeswax on the cab.
Most of the radios I have have the large ST (Shoulder Tube) type octal tubes/valves like the one in this but then most of the radios I have are from the 1930's. Never had a radio quite that far gone with rust but will be fun to watch this restoration. I love seeing older sets like this being restored as with it lasting this long and still somewhat working it's almost like it just deserves a restoration. :) Liked and subscribed. With it's own transformer was it still capable of being a hot chassis? Usually the only time I hear about a hot chassis are on more modern sets with no power transformer and maybe, but not always a selenium rectifier. Many of the kind that are referred to over here as AA5 sets or all American 5's being 5 tube/valve sets. In any case whther hot or not I do run them all through an isolation transformer and a variac when powering them up as the sets were built for usually about 110-115 volts and the modern voltage on the mains here nowadays is close to 125-127v. Well often put in a small power resistor in the chassis to drop the mains power down to about 110v so there's less stress on the old components. I love that scale in front of the variable capacitor. It reminds me of old mid to late 1930's sets here that had a similar dial for tuning on the outside of the cabinet referred to as a teledial, lol. Replacing that veneer on top isn't difficult. Take an exacto or other utility knife and cut the old veneer around the missing pieces in a rectangle or square so then you only need to cut the new piece of veneer into that size of square/rectangle to glue back into place. Also, I think on curves that soaking the new veneer in acetate will make it more pliable. All that being said, it's a fine job you've done for the old girl!
Hi Rod. Having just found your video site. I have very much enjoyed today's show. I must admit that I have an old EKCO radio I keep looking at. I have subscribed and looking forward to seeing many more. All the best. Terry
Dear Rod. I don't know if you still answer questions but anyway, I will try my luck. Do you know where I can get new speakers for the Grundig satellite 2400 or do you know about any new speakers that would fit if I can't get the old ones? All the best and thank you for your channel
The module is widly available from Aliexpress, the Printed circuit board on which it sits, - I designed myself and got it manufactured by JLCPCB (2$ for 5 boards)
Great to see your success with this radio. I inherited one of these from my parents as a child when they bought a 'stereo system'. I used to listen to Radio Luxembourg and it produced a great sound. I gave mine away a few years ago during a house move. I'm beginning to wish I hadn't....
That was amazing, perfect thanks so much for giving me great confidence that I can restore my Murphy radio
Hi from the uk. Hello Rod. The fuse link for the transformer never used solder hence the warning notice. What was actually used was Rose metal, it has a lower melting point and was used by plumbers many years ago when forming bends in pipes. Using normal solder will overheat and burn out the transformer, or worse a fire in the event of a fault . I like your channel and have subscribed. Keep up the good work. Cheers Chris.
Hi Chris thanks for the info, I never heard of Rose Metal before, but it now makes sense.
My old Philco 18H from 1933 of course has no phono input so I put a wee little AM transmitter inside it on the same board that the chassis is mounted to and run an old microsoft Zune mp3 player to the transmitter which is set to about 1300 kilocycles, tune the radio itself to that frequency and have something approaching wired bluetooth, lol. I have the old Zune loaded up with vintage music and old radio shows and they sound great on that old philco console :) I can go a bit more wireless as I have a more powerful AM transmitter in another room and can hook the Zune or another receiver's FM, phono, etc. and even the TV's streaming services like youtube or TuneIn running through a DAC to the transmitter though I seldom use it. Just wanted to know one time if I could, so I did and it worked, lol.
Hi Rod, fantastic job on that radio, can I make a suggestion on the cabinet woodwork. Try finishing with beeswax gives a nice gloss finish. Had a pye radio which I restored, and used beeswax on the cab.
Most of the radios I have have the large ST (Shoulder Tube) type octal tubes/valves like the one in this but then most of the radios I have are from the 1930's. Never had a radio quite that far gone with rust but will be fun to watch this restoration. I love seeing older sets like this being restored as with it lasting this long and still somewhat working it's almost like it just deserves a restoration. :) Liked and subscribed. With it's own transformer was it still capable of being a hot chassis? Usually the only time I hear about a hot chassis are on more modern sets with no power transformer and maybe, but not always a selenium rectifier. Many of the kind that are referred to over here as AA5 sets or all American 5's being 5 tube/valve sets. In any case whther hot or not I do run them all through an isolation transformer and a variac when powering them up as the sets were built for usually about 110-115 volts and the modern voltage on the mains here nowadays is close to 125-127v. Well often put in a small power resistor in the chassis to drop the mains power down to about 110v so there's less stress on the old components. I love that scale in front of the variable capacitor. It reminds me of old mid to late 1930's sets here that had a similar dial for tuning on the outside of the cabinet referred to as a teledial, lol. Replacing that veneer on top isn't difficult. Take an exacto or other utility knife and cut the old veneer around the missing pieces in a rectangle or square so then you only need to cut the new piece of veneer into that size of square/rectangle to glue back into place. Also, I think on curves that soaking the new veneer in acetate will make it more pliable. All that being said, it's a fine job you've done for the old girl!
Hi Rod. Having just found your video site. I have very much enjoyed today's show. I must admit that I have an old EKCO radio I keep looking at. I have subscribed and looking forward to seeing many more. All the best. Terry
Cool, thanks
Dear Rod. I don't know if you still answer questions but anyway, I will try my luck. Do you know where I can get new speakers for the Grundig satellite 2400 or do you know about any new speakers that would fit if I can't get the old ones? All the best and thank you for your channel
Great job done.
Murphy Radio and Television, before being integrated into The Rank Organisation, were comparable in quality to Bush, and HMV/Marconi.
Regards, Phil.
Silk purse done!
Nice job. Good video, enjoyed it. Did you change all the electrolytic capacitors in the end?
No, some but not all, as the ones I left were in such perfect condition
well done......can you kindly tell me where to get a bluetooth module like the one you used....thanks
The module is widly available from Aliexpress, the Printed circuit board on which it sits, - I designed myself and got it manufactured by JLCPCB (2$ for 5 boards)
thank you
BBC Radio 4 is still on LW