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 Breville model 79 battery console radio from 1935 - circuit anyone?
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 Return to top of page · Post #: 16 · Written at 7:29:59 PM on 10 October 2026.
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 Ian Robertson
 Location: Belrose, NSW
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No this one was definitely tinplate, the tin was still there in patches.

Re tinplate, there was a 0.004μF mica bypassing the supply to the SW coil in the local oscillator. One of the sheet tinplate tags had rusted and split the bakelite open.

So THATS why the SW band was utterly dead!
 
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