01-02-2014, 05:23 PM
Hi there, welcome to the Phorum!
I am also relatively new to this Phorum but have found it to be a wealth of good information on Philco radios.
From the pictures, yours looks like it's in pretty rough shape.
Whatever you do, DONT plug it in until someone goes completely through the circuit and replaces all the capacitors (soldered in), checks all the resistors (some will probably be bad also), the transformer, the tubes, etc...
Radios in this shape will always need lots of work.
Best advise is to go on youtube and search for radio restoration
to see what you are up against. There are some good videos
there that will give you an idea how to proceed.
If you are new to electronics, however, this may not be
a job you want to tackle yourself as there are lethal voltages
inside the chassis and some amount of basic electronics
knowledge is needed to work on these.
Hope this helps!
Good luck,
Herb S.
Ithaca NY
I am also relatively new to this Phorum but have found it to be a wealth of good information on Philco radios.
From the pictures, yours looks like it's in pretty rough shape.
Whatever you do, DONT plug it in until someone goes completely through the circuit and replaces all the capacitors (soldered in), checks all the resistors (some will probably be bad also), the transformer, the tubes, etc...
Radios in this shape will always need lots of work.
Best advise is to go on youtube and search for radio restoration
to see what you are up against. There are some good videos
there that will give you an idea how to proceed.
If you are new to electronics, however, this may not be
a job you want to tackle yourself as there are lethal voltages
inside the chassis and some amount of basic electronics
knowledge is needed to work on these.
Hope this helps!
Good luck,
Herb S.
Ithaca NY
