I love the design of the gain control with the band of sprung metal touching the carbon track. You just know the bean counters killed that idea a long time ago.
I suspect the idea was to eliminate the rubbing action of a contact. A lot of controls end up with the carbon worn away. One problem is that no rubbing leads to dirt building up on the contact area.
@@jonka1 Good point, but at least you can clean the dirt off as long as you are careful about what you clean it with and the ones with rubbing contacts only stay clean if they're regularly used.
Very nice radio, and it sounds good too! I have a similar set, but it's a battery powered version in a bakelite cabinet, the dial and all it's mounting hardware look identical, and I'm sure mine has a bit more of it's print left on it! That set also sounded really good once a few caps were changed.
Great job! I restored my famiIlies similar older 368 model recently and noticed that the 41MP output valve has an internally connected screen grid so it's actually a Tetrode working as a Triode! Also on mine the speaker is mains energised which also acts as a choke which I don't think yours is. But a great design for its age able to pull in lots of stations with good selectivity with a bit skill.
Sets of this era are a pleasure to work on, I have a Cossor from 1933, all it needed to return it to working order was a new main smoothing cap, not bad for a 90 year old set!
Cool radio
I love the design of the gain control with the band of sprung metal touching the carbon track. You just know the bean counters killed that idea a long time ago.
I suspect the idea was to eliminate the rubbing action of a contact. A lot of controls end up with the carbon worn away. One problem is that no rubbing leads to dirt building up on the contact area.
@@jonka1 Good point, but at least you can clean the dirt off as long as you are careful about what you clean it with and the ones with rubbing contacts only stay clean if they're regularly used.
Very nice radio, and it sounds good too! I have a similar set, but it's a battery powered version in a bakelite cabinet, the dial and all it's mounting hardware look identical, and I'm sure mine has a bit more of it's print left on it! That set also sounded really good once a few caps were changed.
Great job!
I restored my famiIlies similar older 368 model recently and noticed that the 41MP output valve has an internally connected screen grid so it's actually a Tetrode working as a Triode! Also on mine the speaker is mains energised which also acts as a choke which I don't think yours is.
But a great design for its age able to pull in lots of stations with good selectivity with a bit skill.
Must be interesting to hear what some of that old music sounds like, talk about WWI and the like. I'm really surprised you got it to work. Good job.
Great video thanks Rob. Looking forward to the Bluetooth modulator vid…ours is working fine on the old Philips 462a 👍
Sets of this era are a pleasure to work on, I have a Cossor from 1933, all it needed to return it to working order was a new main smoothing cap, not bad for a 90 year old set!
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I enjoyed that video. You were very lucky with that coil! Thanks very much
Thanks...I certainly was lucky!
yes, gotta show the face now you're a media celebrity!
Great job. Looking forward to your next restoration.
Thanks 👍