Hello everyone, I've just purchased an old radio, Sony FX-300, and it's great. My issue is that it does not have coverage for any of my preferred radio stations in my area. I would like to replace the receiver but my concern is that I've never personally worked on a radio before so I don't know how to actually go about doing this. I'm just assuming here, but my thoughts are that most any modern off-the-shelf receiver that I purchase would likely be much smaller than the receiver that is in this radio, so I don't believe fitment would be an issue. My thinking is that I'll just need to excise t ..read more

So I picked up a nice radio, Sears solid state multi-band radio model 800.24270.800 and it sounds good to me, clear, well defined sound with a touch of bass for it's (seeming) age. but that's also my problem, I have no idea the year it is from. no idea where to look. when I search the web I just get selling posts and un-related items with the model the radio has. none of which have a date. also does anyone know the oem antenna part? I've got one in it but it's not the proper one. would love to have it work as it did. manual is a long shot but would be appreciated as well. submitted by /u/Vin ..read more

I'm looking for information on the possible value of these two tubes. From what I've been told, they're radio transmission tubes;, circa 1947; both about 2 feet tall and heavy. One is manufactured by Federal Radio & Telephone and the other by Matchlett Laboratories. submitted by /u/Nixaroonie [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Is the fabric replaceable and if so where can I order it from? submitted by /u/carrott36 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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Hello everyone! I am trying to help my dad find a spare part for a radio from the 80s. From my understanding the part (in the photos) is needed for tape recording. I don’t know the model of the radio, I just know the manufacturer Schneider. submitted by /u/Ivyza13 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I got this at a thrift shop for about $10 few months back, and want to recondition it. It's got a broken antenna and wondering if anyone knew what this style of antenna is called? It's on a ball joint on the bottom and pulls in and out like normal. Outside of the antenna being broken and little dirty, it worked great! Really clear sounds. Thanks! submitted by /u/One_Brush78 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I'm in the process of restoring this Phillips CM22L radio. Step 1 will be to replace all the paper caps with film caps as well as what I think is electrolytics. Just to confirm for the paper caps, 0.025MFD is 0.025uF thus 25nF? I also want to replace C35/C36 (electrolytic?) because I'm fairly certain it is not working anymore, am I correct to replace this with 2 seperate elecrolytics (like a 40uF @ 150V and 80uF @ 150V) or do I need unipolar? Part nr for this cap 516-005 T-2 (40MFD @ 150V.W and 80MFD @ 150V.W.) What else will I need to replace? Schematic over here https://pacifictv.ca/sch ..read more

Can anybody name the radio and model that was sitting on red the bum in the first back to the future movie, it is a silver one speaker radio, thanks in advance especially if you go hunting like I have. submitted by /u/Conscious_Relation17 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

So I’ve had this Portable 1963 RCA Victor total sound stereo for awhile now and never did i have problems until a couple months ago. A little bit of back story, i’m a broke teenager and i inherited this from my grandparents who had it sitting in the basement collecting dust for awhile, then on top of that they got it from an old man who had it sitting in his garage for god only knows how long. A couple months back I was spinning some vinyl when i went to flip slides and the part that holds the needle detached from the black part that holds it and allows you to move it, i figured it was ol ..read more