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The Zenith Tabletop Radio
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Posted on March 20, 2017 at 12:10:54 | ||
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Location: Florida Joined: July 5, 2016 |
Something a little different here. Thrift store find, not working. I took it home and with Mike Samra's help, I was able to restore it to funtionality. I removed and replaced all the wax capacitors and out-of-spec resistors. Also bypassed the selenium rectifier with a diode and replaced one 12AT7 tube, (so far). One of the original bumblebee caps and exploded inside and the whole chassis was littered with bits of foil! I think I've got one more tube to replace, a 6BJ6, as it takes a good minute to start passing a signal after turn-on. One 8" full range speaker with the tone control in the middle. AM/FM/FM AFC and two small electrostatic tweeters. Sweet! This radio definitely has the "wow" factor and has usurped the Bose on my dining table. Thanks again Mike for all your help! |
Well, it's a cool radio for sure, thanks!. n/t, posted on March 22, 2017 at 21:36:02 | |
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Location: S.W. Washington state, USA Joined: November 17, 2001 |
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