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| scotty38 Member Since: 21 May 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 571   
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Lovely, pity it can't pick up the old 1940's broadcasts...
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18th Feb 2015 7:48pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 16892  
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Well done! Too much of our heritage gets binned, so good job saving it.
If you really don't know what to do with it, you might find a museum that wants it (the kind that recreate rooms from the past). |
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18th Feb 2015 8:21pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5745 
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I saw it and could'nt let it go to scrap. So a quick chat with the caretaker and it was mine! 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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18th Feb 2015 8:35pm |
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| LRmud Member Since: 22 Oct 2014 Location: IV12 Highland Posts: 198  
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That'd look great built into a Heritage Custom Dash!
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1989 Defender 90 Toyota Aygo & Honda FR-V |
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18th Feb 2015 8:48pm |
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| Venomator Member Since: 25 Aug 2014 Location: Peterborough Posts: 2087
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Great to see such treasures being saved...
Used to have one similar in our living room when growing up... 
I am sure with a bit of research and patience you could get that working again, there are even places still selling replacement valves... Rog... 
The GREEN One... MY2016 Urban Truck Build Thread - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic40548....al[/color] |
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18th Feb 2015 8:57pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5745
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I'm sure with a bit of research I could. Commence hunting! 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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18th Feb 2015 9:14pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3755  
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I LOVE old valve radios.
Some of the German ones of the 50s were real works of art. Beautiful woodwork, & also very very good artwork for the controls etc. Growing up in the UK, every househoild had a nice radio. Radio Luxemburg?!!....most had short wave, & we listened to that too. I used to have a UK "PYE" radio in my bedroom, wooden cabinet, three speakers, M.W., L.W., & about 6 S.W. bands from memory,..all with "magic eye" tuning! But beware, most things can be fixed, but sometimes it can be quite expensive. Pickles. |
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18th Feb 2015 11:04pm |
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| Philslandy Member Since: 10 Sep 2013 Location: Eifel Posts: 156  
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Lovely - nice you saved it!
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20th Feb 2015 7:23am |
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| diesel_jim Member Since: 13 Oct 2008 Location: hiding Posts: 6038
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So it receives radio 1 then..... |
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20th Feb 2015 11:14am |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2642 
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I have a good friend in Kent who deals in valves. He has a good rep within the audio business. If you want his details PM me.
Cheers Mark 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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20th Feb 2015 11:30am |
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| Happyoldgit Member Since: 14 Sep 2007 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3471 
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I used to collect do a bit of restoration and repair on old radio's. Stick the model number into google and you should find it comes up with quite a few technical vintage radio sites and forums. You might find some of the old capacitors are past it but you can sometimes get away with just cleaning contacts. Do check the mains lead as they can degrade over time. Steve.
Owned numerous Land Rover vehicles of all shapes and sizes over the decades. Current Defender: A non tarts hand-bagged Puma 110 XS USW. [Insert something impressive here such as extensive list of previous Land Rovers or examples of your prestigeous and expensive items, trinkets, houses, bikes, vehicles etc] http://forums.lr4x4.com I used to be Miserable ...but now I'm ecstatic. |
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20th Feb 2015 10:57pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5745
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Thanks Mark 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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22nd Feb 2015 9:49am |
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| N1FWD Member Since: 08 Aug 2014 Location: Dundee Posts: 14 
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Hello,
Did you try connecting an aerial to the clip at the back? About 6 foot of wire should be enough to bring in some stations. Cheers, David |
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22nd Feb 2015 3:32pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5745
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There are two holes at the back for aerials tried both and just get a hum on the speaker, the hum does not change if I alter the volume - still the same level 1999 Defender TD5 110
Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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22nd Feb 2015 5:54pm |
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