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Antique Radios in “Babylon 5″
In Season 2, Episode 7 of television program “Babylon 5” (1994-1998), you can see a few antique radios in the space station’s Earth History Exhibit. With the help of some other radio hobbyists, I’ve...
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1936 Zenith 5-S-29 Repair with Dial Face Replacement
I recently had the privilege of working on this beautiful 1936 Zenith 5-S-29 tabletop radio. It’s a beautiful 5-tube table radio with a 6-inch speaker and the iconic black Zenith dial and lightning...
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1962 Zenith MK2670 Classic Tube Hi-Fi Console Stereo Repaired
I recently got to work on something a little bit different – a tube hi-fi stereo console! This particular one, a 1962 Zenith MK2670, was a very high-end unit back in its day. It’s a dual-chassis unit...
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1938 Zenith 5-S-220 eBay Tune-Up Special
I’ve had the opportunity to work on several very nice Zenith radios lately and this one is especially interesting. It’s the Zenith 5-S-220 Cube. This is the first time I’ve seen one of these in person,...
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1946 Zenith 6-D-029 Consoltone Antique Radio Repair
A local client just brought in a very interesting Zenith tabletop radio from just after WW2, the 1946 Zenith 6-D-029 Consoltone mantle radio. This is one of the iconic “boomerang” dials Zenith produced...
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1938 Zenith 7-S-363 Repair
I just finished a new project over at Rain City Audio – 1938 Zenith 7-S-363 Repair This Zenith radio was brought in by its second owner after original parts catastrophically failed. It took a while,...
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1936 Zenith 5-S-29 Electrical Restoration and Alignment
This 1936 Zenith 5-S-29 was in the shop for a complete overhaul with all new resistors and capacitors, a new dial lamp socket, tube testing and alignment. After all that service, it looks and sounds...
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1959 Zenith C845M High Fidelity AM/FM Radio
This radio repair is cross-posted from Rain City Audio This classic 1959 Zenith C845M radio came into the shop for a full repair after sitting unused for some time. It has the classic late ’50s...
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1958 Zenith HF1284 (Chassis 12Z20) Hi-Fi Console Repair
This 1958 Zenith Hi-Fi came into my shop for a full overhaul including an electrical repair, dial re-stringing, and some work on the turntable. These vintage hi-fi consoles are some of the best...
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1937 Zenith 5-S-126 Tune-Up
From the Rain City Audio Repair Blog: This very nice Zenith 5-S-126 came through the shop a little while ago. It was originally purchased by a local collector from eBay already restored and playing,...
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