Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Atwater Kent 20 Big Box
#13

Ah Yes!! I overlooked the 3 separate dial knobs! I have a "unknown" brand 3-dialer battery trf set here in the old "coffin box", think its a old "kit" radio( unmarked brand) that I will be restoring someday. It has the old small square-copper rods wiring assy, carefully soldered together, and if I remember correctly, it uses all O1A tubes in its old bakelight 4-pin (twist-style) tube sockets using short tube pins? If you need any assistance in finding good spare orig AK parts for your vintage AK setup, check with Ray Thompson! He may even have a original driver for the Horn Spkr, but then again, Im not sure. You bet, tuning in 3-dialer sets arent that hard, but I only had one other set here in the past of that "vintage" before. It was a Freed Eisemann vintage 3-dialer. I replaced the old grid-leaks, built a DC power-supply, and got it working with its orig tubes still intact. All the tube-filaments were still good!Some of the early AKs also used a couple #26 tubes also if I remember correctly? The orig audio-trans were still good in that Freed Eisemann set also. The old linear taper vol-control was in bad shape, but worked again after careful cleaning the rheostat coil, and relubing with WD-40. That radio had a crystal-type headphone jack output, if I remember correctly, that could be also used to horn spkr also. I borrowed some old vintage headphones from a local ham-operator to use to hear it to make sure it was working as I dont own any early-type headphones myself. My customer was looking for a suitable spkr to use with it last I heard. Does your AK use the short-pin "twist" type 01As. or has the tube sockets been changed to accept longer-pin types? I may have some good spares here, but not sure. Icon_wink


Messages In This Thread
Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Ron Ramirez - 09-21-2008, 02:10 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Ron Ramirez - 09-21-2008, 02:28 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Alan Douglas - 09-21-2008, 04:47 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by etech - 09-21-2008, 04:52 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by AI2V - 09-21-2008, 05:04 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Ron Ramirez - 09-21-2008, 08:27 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Texasrocker - 09-24-2008, 11:23 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Ron Ramirez - 10-04-2008, 04:19 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Texasrocker - 10-04-2008, 09:11 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Ron Ramirez - 10-04-2008, 10:08 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Texasrocker - 10-04-2008, 10:29 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Ron Ramirez - 10-04-2008, 10:32 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Texasrocker - 10-06-2008, 01:53 AM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box- PAINT - by AI2V - 10-06-2008, 10:53 AM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Guest - 10-06-2008, 01:26 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by BILL - 10-06-2008, 04:44 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Ron Ramirez - 10-06-2008, 10:42 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by DeckApe - 10-07-2008, 09:41 AM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by Alan Douglas - 10-08-2008, 05:58 PM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by DeckApe - 10-09-2008, 10:51 AM
Re: Atwater Kent 20 Big Box - by BILL - 10-24-2008, 04:45 PM



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)
[-]
Recent Posts
Philco 91 Speaker Replacement
The spider is glued on the cone and so is the voice coil. I think you can use a cotton swab dipped in acetone and carefu...RodB — 02:42 PM
Restoring Philco 37-604C
Yes I saw that. If I knew, I'd probably try to arrange for getting it myself. But I have just got one. Which does not m...morzh — 01:44 PM
Philco 38-2 Automatic Tuning
When you push the lever, you are supposed to rotate the disk to the desired station. Then the magnetic tuning will acqu...morzh — 01:42 PM
Philco 38-2 Automatic Tuning
I figure out the muting from another picture that helped. Now I need to know how the automatic tuning works. When I push...dconant — 12:11 PM
Philco 91 Speaker Replacement
How would I go about removing the spider from the cone?dconant — 12:04 PM
Philco 38-2 Automatic Tuning
Hello, I am having trouble getting my automatic tuning to stay unmuted. If I play with the tuning handle I can get it to...dconant — 10:51 AM
Does anyone make photofinish replacements?
Here’s the link to the DIY photofinish section of our site: klondike98 — 09:46 AM
Delco car radio Peko vibrator converstion issues
Hi Richard, Thx for posting the schematic.  As I remember as a kid, these were great performers for the time, likely...MrFixr55 — 08:56 AM
Delco car radio Peko vibrator converstion issues
hello mr Fixr, The Electro  Powersupply that I am powering the radio with has a huge choke plus a 10,000ufd electrolyti...radiorich — 10:58 PM
Delco car radio Peko vibrator converstion issues
How about putting a choke in the power supply? The big cap was likely an attempt to stabilize the DC. Kids who cre...MrFixr55 — 09:19 PM

[-]
Who's Online
There are currently 2960 online users. [Complete List]
» 2 Member(s) | 2958 Guest(s)
AvatarAvatar

>