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2017-12-29 Shipping Costs Kill Good Deals
From FB group Vintage Transistor Radios My comment about a radio for AU$5400 on eBay. Dreaming, or more like wishing and hoping for a sucker to buy it. But at least he had enough sense to add ‘or best offer’. If someone offers a hundred, maybe he’ll take it. I’ve had a few successes with
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2017-12-15 Royal 500 Capacitors Replaced
From FB group Electronics Hobbyists, regarding the Zenith Royal 500 radios. Clyde Hendrickson There are two 50 uF, 10V electrolytic capacitors under the battery holder. Replace them with 47 uF, 10 or 16 volts. There is also a smaller capacitor next to the other, it might be a 3 uF, or a 16 uF, 10V.
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2017-12-09 Datacomm Cabinet Falls Off The Wall
From FB Group Bell Telephone… Just like the ones we had, but complete. Ours had areas where the contractors removed the mushroom panels to make room for the digital cabinets or open racks. We had a contractor install a cabinet with molly bolts into drywall. It was like that for years with at least a
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2017-12-04 Converting Tube Set to Transistors
From FB group Vintage Transistor Radios I’ve considered converting a tube set to transistors. The problem is getting tube bases that aren’t sharp and breakable glass. Some old electronics used tube base type plugs for relays and plug-in modules. Then there is the problem of dealing with the higher voltage. Transistors can handle 300V, but
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