[g8wayg8r]

I picked up one of these for twelve bucks. It's a tad pricey for the condition but it gave me something to work on. I need to find two small knobs for the clock alarm and alarm set knob that look very similar to wire nuts. The speaker need some repair as well and this looks like a fine specimen to try my first speaker repair on. The electronic restoration - there's a capacitor that has burst into two pieces - looks straight forward but cramped for space. I've got the clock cleaned and the rotor working again but I'm a little unsure about how the radio is turned on by the alarm set. I can see how the alarm buzzer works. There's a notch in a disk that allows a metal strip to drop against post thats connected to the rotor's electromagnet. This produces an annoying 60Hz metallic buzz. How does the radio alarm work? There's a three position switch for the radio. One position is ON and it closes the contacts to turn the radio on manually. The others allow the contacts to open and I can't see how the alarm mechanism could turn on the radio. I've got a feeling someone has robbed the radio of parts.

Has anyone worked on one of these?