The cabinet and the
chassis
of the receiver were cleaned and dusted. |
The two 470 pF
mains-filter capacitors were invisibly
replaced by two new ones of 4700 pF / 1000 V
using the existing enclosure. |
Cleaned the holder of the
scale indicator bulb (poor
contacts). Connector pins were bent slightly
outwards. A 12 Volt bulb was used. Replaced
by a more appropriate indicator (6 V, 0.45
A). |
The valve set is now
completely original. |
The front aerial socket
was loose in the pertinax bottom plate.
Glued with superglue. |
The spring tab in the
grid bus of the detector was broken.
Soldered. |
The contacts of the
wavelength switch were dirty, so tuning was
not working properly. Cleaned. |
Resistances were
measured. Here and there some deviation but
nothing serious. |
The capacitors in the
capacitor block were measured, using
the multimeter. The values deviate here and
there, but the real leakage can only be
determined using the operating voltage. |
AC measured. The
transformer works fine. The scale indicator
works. |
The rectifier was plugged
in. C1 and C2 each deliver 309 volts DC at
220 volts AC; no immediate leakage of the
capacitors. |
The anode current of the
output valve is 233 volts, the tube uses
15.4 mA; voltages across R6 and R7 are 0.12
volts and 0.71 volts, respectively,
indicating a small leak of the capacitors C3
and C4. The screen grid voltage is 124
volts. |
The anode current of the
detector is 124 volts. |
Hum resistor tuned. |
The transmission of the
secondary tuning was loose, only the scale
moved, not the tuning
capacitor itself. Fixed. |
The radio works! |
The hole in the
loudspeaker cone was repaired. |
Replaced speaker cloth
and cloth covering the two round holes in the
sides. |
Replaced volume control
and a reproduction volume control knob. |
The silver cardboard part
of the back was reproduced, using an
original part. |
Still to do |
The
lower metal part of the back still has to
be restored. |
And perhaps the most
difficult of all: recover the crackle paint
used on the front. |