The PHILCO Phorum

Greetings from the Valley of the Sun!

I was given a old Philco Police Broadcaster Model #42-335. According to everything i have found it was made then hit the shelves around June 1941. It kind of gives me pause that my new radio could have been on when FDR gave the speech on December 8th declaring war on Japan. Or maybe some old baseball games when records fell by players who didn't live better through chemistry. lol. Anyway. I am here because I would love to restore it. It get's power, however what iknow as a tuner, the dial that goes left to right and back looking for stations. The string either is stripped or doesn't work. The knob does turn. So, my real problem is that I am a big dumb animal. I either don't know anything about electronics or I lack the correct vocabulary of what I really need. In the end, I would love to get this back into an every day use and possibly some direction on the abc's of old radios, what the parts are really called and maybe some electronics 101. I'd appreciate any help I can get here. Thanks!

Welcome. Here is a good read about getting started.
https://antiqueradio.org/begin.htm

Welcome to the Phorum!


Read through the info that KCMike pointed you to. Here is a link to a schematic for your set: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/pagesbymodel...013517.pdf

Here's a link with info on why you should not plug your set in yet: http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=14958

Your 1942 set probably has some rubber insulated wire in it that will need to be replaced or fixed. Here is a link to info on how to go about this: http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showth...?tid=14959

Here's a list of resources for parts: http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=14950

If you do not have any knowledge of electronics the restoration may take awhile with lots of questions but if you take your time and learn along the way you can do it.

I build airplanes, so I have some knowledge of electronics. This is different because it's older components. I learned basically what it took to make me good enough at what part of the process i do, which doesn't involve an oscilliscope lol. Reason I asked is that terminology changes over the years and I honestly didn't know what parts I needed. Thanks for the input though, I'll give those a long look!