Welcome back to Vintage Radio.
Some progress has been made with getting the NBN connection set up for the site relocation. It has been so long - months to be exact, though needing to shift house has made matters a lot worse than they may have otherwise been. Whilst it seems like an eternity, the day is coming. Meanwhile, Fred has restored another radio and has written a fantastic article on its second coming. Marcc has also supplied a tutorial on how to fix up a valve with a top cap that has come right off. I've repaired a few valves this way over the years and it does work - if care is taken not to go too hard on the glass.
We already know that in order to keep valve radios relevant, it is possible to build a small (valve or solid state) transmitter and feed a programme into it for broadcast onto a nearby valve radio. A couple of weeks ago, I ran into this thread on the British VR forums, outlining how a DAB module can be added to a valve radio to provide all the necessary tuning ability right inside the radio to tune in digital stations.
Note that this is for DAB, not DAB+, which is used here in Australia, and you would need to live in one of the state capitals to take advantage of it, assuming it is compatible with DAB+, but if all is well with both those challenges, here is the link:-
https://vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=175036
Fred has released an article on the restoration of an Astor MQ farm set, fitted with a 6 volt vibrator. Read this great article here:-
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/astor-mq-farm-set.pdf
Marcc has released an article showing how to repair a valve with a busted top cap. If you have such a valve, this is a good way to get it working again:-
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/valve-repair.pdf
Fred has released an article on the restoration of a Tasma console chassis. This is Part 3 of that article:-
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/saving-a-tasma-305-radio-set-part-three.pdf
The last six weeks or so has been quite un-nerving to say the least but now the rewards are starting to be realised. When a radio collector shifts out of a small place to a larger one, it means more radios can go on display. Below are two racks of some of the models I own. In the new year, once the VR forums have returned, some shelving will be acquired and set up to fit more in. Whilst there will never be room to display the entire collection, it's not fitting to own so many radios and not have them displayed so people can admire and appreciate them.
Fred has released a two part article on the restoration of a Tasma console chassis:-
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/saving-a-tasma-305-radio-set-part-one.pdf
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/saving-a-tasma-305-radio-set-part-two.pdf
Fred has released yet another article, an AM field strength meter:-
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/am-valve-rf-field-meter-design-part-2.pdf
Fred has released yet another article, an AM field strength meter:-
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/am-valve-rf-field-meter-design-part-1.pdf
This STC console has landed in the collection of the site administrator in the last couple of weeks. The radio is in working order and complete original condition, aside from a few component replacements when it was restored about twenty years ago. Please check the photos attached.
Fred has released another article, this time on a DAB to AM converter:-
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/the-radiator-dab-to-am-2ch-convertor-2020.pdf
It doesn't pay to use the road these days. It doesn't pay to be an insurance company either. Here's why:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziX6HyZLs0A
Fred tried to post an article to his thread on the Syncrodyne but the site went offline just before it could be uploaded. Here it is in living colour:-
https://vintage-radio.com.au/docs/syncrodyne-2020.pdf
