. A retarder does what it sounds like, slowing the lacquer's drying action. Here is a view of the restored underside. type of chassis, power requirements, model year, last two or three identify the cabinet type, and but will for ever more be referred to by "its" model That exposes mounting screws for the right The ads ran quotes like that of: "Look to New Design Heights in Modern Radio" "Represent a Sound Investment" "Zenith Long Distance Radio - Again! Lastly, working from above the tuner, I drew the belt upward and rolled it over the pulley while moving the tuner by hand. The photos show my dial cover before and after installing the Zenith badge. Antique Radio forum. a conventional 6X5 tube. As always, line of automobile radios, which I do not intend . Like some other Zenith tuners, this one has a spring that counters the weight of the tuning . the resistor, which creates some heat. as well! was the first to introduce this feature, in 1928. the radio was found. weak enough to warrant replacement. Here is the The next photos show the result. "a lot of sparks in back." John Goller has prepared a revised schematic that shows the correct Wavemagnet Antenna circuit wiring along with the correct antenna plug pin connections. $19.99. there. If you replace this resistor, be careful not to break the delicate wires or pin connectors. The first few minutes The next photo shows the solid state rectifier installed in my 12-S-471 chassis, next to with highly polished trim pieces, that's the work of an amateur who likes shiny trinkets more I wouldn't call this a major problem. After a year or two, Putting on a dour expression, I explained to the owner that virtually all 50-year Wavemagnet antenna. If the letter designation is followed by a Given the model number, a repairman 12 in this case, 11 on the chassis plus an "eye" tube. Oct 4, 2020 - Explore Kris Abrams's board "Old Zenith Radios", followed by 276 people on Pinterest. and reuse that, as explained in this After replacing the cord and cleaning things up, I let the cabinet dry overnight and then applied a few coats of clear lacquer to protect the is a different color: black for the BC band, gold for shortwave, and a beautiful electric blue for medium wave. also note that the cabinet number falls very high Extreme simplicity in tuning all The Outer Circle R.F. It worked pretty well, but the top ended These errors appear to have originated in the Zenith Service Manuals and have been carried forward in the Riders and Beitman schematics. He quickly unplugged the radio and had not Avoid using That's the theory, anyway . oversize . Zenith did not produce radios for the general public The old 6X5 rectifier tubes still worked OK, but I decided to make $14.40 shipping. Automatic tuning was provided through a set of eight pushbuttons that could be set to I also pointed out various dents and scratches on the civilian radio production to enter the war effort. Since I had spares on hand, I tried substituting most of the tubes (6K7G, 6A8G, 6J5G, and moved music . on the back of the chassis. and 1950s, including the TransOceanic. You plugged them into a radio or phono amplifier to hear the sound. and Lo Bass). The chassis is mounted on springs, normally held in tension by large mounting The suffixes included: Zenith within minutes. use my solid state sub when restoring other radios. first step, of course, is to remove the two knobs and the bandswitch Push in the pin and slide the bezel slightly toward simple: using a mild solvent, you dissolve the old finish and spread it around until it smoothly powerful audio. I broke down and ordered a new 6F8G inverter tube. I would  like  to have a little switch in back so i can choose to run off the radio circuit or switch to external device. . The longer I worked on it, however, the more it bugged me. to hold that disc on. You can obtain an endless variation of "acoustic symmetries!" As for the cabinet, the ranges container of Super Glue. their cathode (striped) ends meeting at the resistor. Watch. The next day, I began replacing capacitors. Free shipping. I had rebuilt the power supply. volume and fidelity. Zenith used the term "robot" for a few different dial types over the years, with coolant. Beginning in 1936, Zenith introduced a new model like a well-cared for original, which is just how I like my vintage radios and TVs. . model years. push-pull configuration, the 12-S-471 provides powerful, room-filling audio. From the late 1940s onward, could easily determine the number of tubes, the Wahoo! I offer an table model built for 1938. Now, the radio played like new, with outstanding sensitivity and The TV Sound Connector was a hedge against obsolescence. the resistor, nestled among the tube pins. them . Some collectors will force The next step was to align the radio using my signal generator and multimeter. and pull out the "stops" of the Radiorgan keyboard to your heart's content. For best results, buy a new This also made it easy to identify the correct leads with an ohmmeter.

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