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Worth restoring?
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Definitely do some reading on restoration of tube radios and take a look at some of the many restoration threads within this Phorum. While its not part of our web/forum, Phil's Old Radios has a nice write up for beginners in the hobby.

Our digital library has a good set of service info https://philcoradio.com/library/ and the documents section has lots of other Philco related info. The Shop Talk section has a lot of helpful tips on techniques (along with our late founder's personal website postings in Ron's Radio Archive). Our Resources section of the library has places to buy some of the components you may need.

The speaker cone can likely be repaired. All the paper capacitors will need to be replaced along with the electrolytics. Out of spec (off by more than 20% or so) resistors need changing. You'll want to become familiar with the schematic symbols and check for bad transformer coils. Those can sometimes be repaired depending on your skills but can require a replacement.

Tubes are often good even in radio as old as yours but testing requires a tube tester. Most of us in the hobby have one so you may be able to find someone local to help you with the testing or there may be a vintage radio club someplace near you.


Messages In This Thread
Worth restoring? - by eewill - 11-30-2025, 01:01 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by radiorich - 11-30-2025, 01:57 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 11-30-2025, 02:19 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by klondike98 - 11-30-2025, 02:44 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 11-30-2025, 03:27 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by klondike98 - 11-30-2025, 06:11 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by RodB - 11-30-2025, 06:24 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 11-30-2025, 06:49 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 11-30-2025, 07:03 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 11-30-2025, 10:49 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Arran - 11-30-2025, 11:41 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 12-01-2025, 08:27 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by dconant - 12-01-2025, 10:18 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 12-01-2025, 12:10 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by RodB - 12-01-2025, 12:11 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Arran - 12-01-2025, 04:55 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-01-2025, 05:35 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by dconant - 12-01-2025, 07:57 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 12-01-2025, 11:00 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by RodB - 12-01-2025, 11:43 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-01-2025, 11:58 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Arran - 12-02-2025, 02:34 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by MrFixr55 - 12-02-2025, 09:35 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-02-2025, 11:41 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-02-2025, 12:10 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by radiorich - 12-02-2025, 12:51 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by radiorich - 12-02-2025, 01:54 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-02-2025, 02:06 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Arran - 12-02-2025, 06:31 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by radiorich - 12-02-2025, 10:26 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Arran - 12-03-2025, 02:04 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by radiorich - 12-03-2025, 02:06 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Jimradio - 12-03-2025, 07:58 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-04-2025, 05:10 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 12-04-2025, 08:50 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Arran - 12-05-2025, 06:23 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by dconant - 12-05-2025, 09:22 AM
462ron - by 462ron - 12-05-2025, 09:40 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 12-05-2025, 12:27 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by radiorich - 12-05-2025, 01:25 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 12-05-2025, 05:36 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-15-2025, 05:23 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by dconant - 12-16-2025, 10:21 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-16-2025, 01:57 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Chas - 12-17-2025, 02:19 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Arran - 12-17-2025, 04:53 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-21-2025, 07:21 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 12-21-2025, 07:53 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-22-2025, 09:10 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by MrFixr55 - 12-22-2025, 09:39 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 12-22-2025, 10:41 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-23-2025, 12:09 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-26-2025, 08:51 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by jrblasde - 12-26-2025, 09:01 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 12-26-2025, 12:44 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by RodB - 12-26-2025, 04:25 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by dconant - 12-27-2025, 08:45 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by MrFixr55 - 01-04-2026, 11:02 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 01-11-2026, 06:12 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by jrblasde - 01-11-2026, 06:18 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 01-11-2026, 06:22 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 01-11-2026, 06:37 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by RodB - 01-11-2026, 06:44 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 01-11-2026, 07:38 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 01-12-2026, 10:53 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 01-12-2026, 02:25 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by Arran - 01-12-2026, 08:58 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by DaleHCook - 01-13-2026, 07:36 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 01-13-2026, 08:42 AM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 01-18-2026, 06:44 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 01-18-2026, 08:19 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 01-18-2026, 09:06 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by morzh - 01-18-2026, 10:19 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 02-09-2026, 06:02 PM
RE: Worth restoring? - by eewill - 02-09-2026, 10:21 PM



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