SILICON CHIP Articles on Vintage Radio from 1988 "VINTAGE RADIO" (John Hill) How It Began: Part 1 March 1988 How It Began: Part 2 April 1988 Collecting Vintage Radio Receivers May 1988 Cleaning Up The Chassis June 1988 Checking And Repairing The Valves July 1988 Capacitors Cause Lots Of Problems August 1988 Checking And Replacing Resistors September 1988 Checking Out The Power Supply October 1988 What To Do About The Loudspeaker November 1988 Restoring The Dial Mechanism December 1988 Troubleshooting The Transformers January 1989 Restoring Plastic And Bakelite Cabinets February 1989 Timber Cabinets Are A lot Of Work March 1989 Advice To The Budding Collector April 1989 How To Date old Valve Radios May 1989 Collecting And Restoring Horn Speakers June 1989 Old Henry - One Of My Favourites (Nameless July 1989 Console Model Circa 1933) Rebuilding A Vintage Radio Receiver August 1989 Valve Portables - Hard On Batteries September 1989 Collectables And Non Collectables October 1989 The Humble 4-Valve Receiver November 1989 Scrounging Bits And Pieces December 1989 Obtaining The Right Spare Parts January 1990 Safety With Vintage Radios February 1990 Wave Traps - A Useful Vintage Radio Accessory March 1990 Finding Receivers From The 1920s April 1990 Cleaning Up The Chassis May 1990 How To Recognise AD/DC Sets June 1990 How To Solve Unusual Problems July 1990 Tuned Radio Frequency Receivers August 1990 The Gentle Art Of Scrounging Valves September 1990 The Different Types Of Radio Valves October 1990 Testing Old Radio Valves November 1990 Old Radio Books And Magazines December 1990 My Fancy European Models January 1991 One Thing Leads To Another February 1991 Automatic Gain Control: How It Works March 1991 Converting An Airzone To AGC April 1991 All About Regenerative Receivers May 1991 Restoring A 4-Valve Howard Receiver June 1991 Some Simple Repair Techniques July 1991 Getting Out Of Trouble Again August 1991 (5-Valve German Saba) A Step-By-Step Approach To Vintage August 1991 Radio Repairs (Feature) Transistor Radios Are Worth Collecting September 1991 Two Vintage Radio Museums October 1991 A Simple Junkbox 2-Valve Receiver November 1991 Power Supplies For Battery Receivers December 1991 Restoring An AWA Radiolette Receiver January 1992 Console Receivers From The 1930s February 1992 A Look At Valve Substitutions March 1992 The Basics Of Receiver Alignment, Part 1 April 1992 The Basics Of Receiver Alignment, Part 2 May 1992 The Basics Of Receiver Alignment, Part 3 June 1992 Unusual Problems Lead To Interesting Repairs July 1992 Troubleshooting Vintage Radio Receivers - August 1992 Basic Techniques Repairing An Old Heathkit RF Generator September 1992 Vintage Radio Repairs Made Easy October 1992 Converting A Battery Set To Mains Operation November 1992 Preventing Trouble & Making Odd Repairs December 1992 Restoring A 1920s Kit Radio January 1993 The Awakening Of The Dragon February 1993 Paper Capacitors Cause Lots Of Trouble March 1993 Restoring An Old Radio Chassis April 1993 A Few Old Receivers From The 1920s May 1993 A Look At High Tension Filtering June 1993 In The Good Ol' Days Of My Childhood July 1993 How To Deal With Block Capacitors August 1993 Restoring An Old Valve Tester September 1993 Those Never-Ending Repair Problems October 1993 The Vexed Question Of Originality November 1993 My No-Hassles Radio Museum December 1993 Realism Realised - The Precedent Console Receiver January 1994 Building A Simple 1-Valve Receiver February 1994 Refurbishing A Trio 9R-59D Communications March 1994 Receiver Bandspread Tune-Up For An Old Astor Multiband April 1994 Receiver Trash Or Treasure - Recognising The Good Stuff May 1994 Timber Cabinets, Antique Dealers & June 1994 Vintage Radio Prices Crackles And What Might Cause Them July 1994 Watch Out For Incorrect Valve Substitutions August 1994 Building A Classic Crystal Set September 1994 The Winners Of The Hellier Award October 1994 Resurrecting A Pair Of Old AWA C79 Chassis November 1994 Valves & Miniaturisation: Some Remarkable December 1994 Receivers Basic Tools And Test Equipment January 1995 Restoring A Tasma TRF Receiver February 1995 The Inaugural Vintage Radio Swap Meet March 1995 Fault Finding: There's Always Something April 1995 Different A Console Receiver From Junk May 1995 The 5-Valve Darelle Superhet Receiver June 1995 The 8-Valve Apex Receiver July 1995 A Couple Of Odd Radio Repairs August 1995 An Interesting Grid Bias Problem September 1995 Vibrators: A Slice Of History October 1995 How Good Are TRF Receivers? November 1995 Back To "Original" - The Radiola 34E December 1995 Converting From Anode Bend To Diode Detection January 1996 The Basics Of Reflex Receivers February 1996 A Console With A Difference March 1996 A Look Back At Transistor Radios April 1996 A Look At Early Radiograms May 1996 Testing Capacitors At High Voltages June 1996 Making A Few Odd Repairs July 1996 A Rummage Through My Junk August 1996 Vintage Radio Collectors And Collecting September 1996 A New Life For An Old Hotpoint October 1996 A Pair Of Astor Valve Radios November 1996 A New Life For A Battered Astor December 1996 A New Life For Some Old Headphones January 1997 The Combined A-B Battery Eliminator February 1997 The Importance Of Grid Bias March 1997 A Look At Signal Tracing, Part 1 April 1997 A Look At Signal Tracing, Part 2 May 1997 A Look At Signal Tracing, Part 3 June 1997 Revamping An Old Radiola July 1997 New Life For An Old Kriesler August 1997 The 5-Valve Airking Console Receiver September 1997 Wave-Traps: Another Look October 1997 The 4-Valve Airzone Superhet November 1997 Restoring A Sick Radiola December 1997 A Simple Regenerative Receiver January 1998 Clean Audio For Old Henry (7-Valve Console) February 1998 A Fault With A Difference (1932 Precedent) March 1998 "VINTAGE RADIO" (Rodney Champness) A Farewell, An Introduction & A Little General April 1998 Safety With Vintage Radios May 1998 Look Ma, No Tuning Gang! June 1998 Australia's Last Valve Radios July 1998 Australian Made 6-Transistor Personal Portable August 1998 Short History Of Spy Radios In World War II Pt 1: 51/1 Transmitter, Paraset (Errata Oct 98) September 1998 Pt 2: Type 3 MkII(B2) & Type A MkIII Spy Radios October 1998 Improving AM Broadcast Reception, Part 1 November 1998 Improving AM Broadcast Reception, Part 2 December 1998 (Errata: January 1999) Improving AM Broadcast Reception, Part 3 January 1999 Atwater Kent Model 32 February 1999 The Radiolette Model 31/32 March 1999 Wow My First Vintage Radio! (AWA 719T Table Set) April 1999 Restoring The Butchered Set (HMV Little Nipper) May 1999 Restoring A B15 Mantle Radio June 1999 Mainland Chinese Radio Receiver From The 1960s July 1999 A Killer - The Set From Hell August 1999 (4-Valve Operatic TRF, Circa 1932) Vintage Hifi Stereo AM Radio September 1999 Jim Birtchnell And His Radios October 1999 The Case Of The Disappearing TV Sets November 1999 (Black & White Valve Television Sets) The Astor KM That Blew Its Power Plug Off! December 1999 Building A Vintage Radio Replica January 2000 The Hellier Award; Pt.1 February 2000 The Hellier Award; Pt.2: Simple Superhet Vs TRF March 2000 The Hellier Award; Pt.3: Simple Superhets April 2000 (Errata: August 2000) Making The Obsolete Useful Again May 2000 A Japanese 110V AC/DC Set June 2000 The AWA P1 Portable 11-Inch B/W Television Set July 2000 The Astor RQ - The Lady's Handbag Radio August 2000 HMV's Nippergram: September 2000 A Classic 1950s Portable Radiogram A Battery Eliminator And A Simple Servicing Aid October 2000 The Intriguing Philips "Philetta" November 2000 The AWA 467MA: An Ideal First Restoration December 2000 The 32V 5-Valve Operatic Mignon January 2001 The Healing 412E: An Australian-Made PC-Board February 2001 Valve Radio The 1929 AWA C58 Radiogram March 2001 Keith Lang: A Collector In The West April 2001 The Magnificent 7-Banders From AWA May 2001 The Miniature STC A-141 Mantle Radio June 2001 How To Repair Bakelite Cabinets July 2001 Substituting For Valves That Are No Longer August 2001 Available The Healing R401E/S401E Mantle Radio September 2001 Beginner's Radios: As They Were October 2001 Test Instruments For Vintage Radio Restoration Part 1: November 2001 Part 2: December 2001 Philips Philetta Vs The Titan Tiny January 2002 The Diason P.P. 32/6 DC Receiver February 2002 The AWA 719C 7-Band Console, Part 1 March 2002 Part 2 April 2002 The AWA FS6 Military Transceiver May 2002 The 1935 Tasma M290 Console June 2002 The Airzone 500 Series Receivers July 2002 The Ferris 214 Portable Car Radio August 2002 The Barlow-Wadley XCR-30 Mk II HF Receiver September 2002 Radio Corporation WS122 Army Transceiver October 2002 The AWA 532MF 32V Table Receiver November 2002 Intermediate Frequency (IF) Amplifiers Part 1 December 2002 Part 2 January 2003 Aligning TRF & Superhet Radio Front Ends February 2003 Antennas & Earthing Systems For Crystal Sets March 2003 The AWA R154 Battery Console April 2003 The HMV C43B Console Radio May 2003 Building A Browning-Drake Replica June 2003 The Jelly Mould STC 205 Mantel/Table Receiver July 2003 The HMV 42-71 Migrant Special August 2003 Vibrators: The Death Knell Of Heavy, Pt 1 September 2003 Expensive Dry Batteries Vibrators: The Death Knell Of Heavy, Pt 2 October 2003 Expensive Dry Batteries The 1953 4-Valve Precedent Mantel Receiver November 2003 The AWA PF Car Radio & The Ferris Tranimate December 2003 The Armstrong C5 Dual-Wave Receiver January 2004 The HMV 660 Console Of 1940 February 2004 The Little 1934 Astor Mickey March 2004 The Art Of Cannibalism & Making Do April 2004 Cataloging & Disposing Of Your Collection May 2004 Restoration Tips And Techniques June 2004 Meet A Designer Of The Legendary July 2004 WS122 Transceiver Peter Lankshear: Vintage Radio From The Other August 2004 Side Of The Ditch This Little Nipper Was A Dog (62-52 Model) September 2004 Those Troublesome Capacitors Part 1 October 2004 Part 2 November 2004 The AWA B79 Transistor Mantel Radio December 2004 Outback Communications: The Flying Doctor Radios January 2005 Converting A 240VAC Set To 32V DC Operation February 2005 The Astor AJS: An Economy Universal Car Radio March 2005 The Mysterious Monarch D671/32 From Astor April 2005 The AWA Radiola B29 8-Transistor Radio With May 2005 Battery Eliminator Signal Generators: June 2005 What They Are And How To Fix Them The 1951 AWA 433MCZ 4-Valve Battery Receiver July 2005 The AWA Radiola B32 Transistor Portable August 2005 The Sprague 500 Multi-Band Receiver September 2005 The Harbros 12/54B Transceiver October 2005 Vintage Radio Clubs November 2005 Ray Kelly & The Historical Radio Society of Aust December 2005 The AWA B25/6 Stereogram January 2006 Brian Lackie's Wireless Museum February 2006 The Unique Healing Scales 403E Receiver March 2006 The Fisk Radiola 50G Battery Receiver April 2006 The Rare Edison R6 Console Receiver May 2006 The Kriesler 41-29 Trans-Mantel June 2006 AWA B33 Australian-Made Transistor Portable July 2006 The HMV B11A 5-Valve Mantel Receiver August 2006 The Admiral 5BW Mantel Receiver September 2006 Reforming Electrolytic Capacitors October 2006 Radio Corporation's WS108 Military Transceiver November 2006 The AWA 976A Hybrid Car Radio December 2006 The Philips RF5 Stereogram January 2007 The Quirky Breville 801 Personal Portable February 2007 The EILCO 6104 Lunch-Box RFDS Radio March 2007 How To Build A Super Crystal Set April 2007 A Look At The Kurrajong Radio Museum May 2007 DC-To-AC Inverters From The Valve Era June 2007 The Weston Model 660 Radio Set Analyser July 2007 Restoring An AWA 948C Car Radio August 2007 The HRSA's 25th Anniversary Equipment Display September 2007 Nazi Germany's Peoples' Radio (Volksempfaenger) October 2007 Pocket-Sized Valve Portable Radios November 2007 Kriesler 11-59 5-Valve Dual-Wave Mantel Receiver December 2007 The Simple Aristone M1 4-Valve Mantel Receiver January 2008 DC-To-AC Inverters From The Valve Era, Pt.2 February 2008 The Batteries Used To Power Vintage Radios March 2008 Shortwave Converters From The 1930s April 2008 The Versatile Multi-Band Ferris 174 Portable May 2008 The PYE TRP-1 Portable HF Transceiver June 2008 The Astor KM 4-Valve Reflexed Receiver July 2008 The Incredible 1925 RCA 26 Portable Superhet August 2008 The Raycophone "Pee Wee" Midget September 2008 The AWA Radiola 653P AC/Battery Portable October 2008 Those Mysterious Antenna Coils & Loop Antennas November 2008 The Leak TL/12 Plus Valve Amplifier December 2008 The American Philco 52-545 5-Valve AC/DC Mantel January 2009 Receiver The Australian Army Signals Museum February 2009 The Deadly & The Difficult - When To Say No To March 2009 A Restoration (Pilot Little Maestro, Hotpoint P65ME/AWA 565MA, Philips 1252) The Airzone 520/550 5-valve mantel receiver April 2009 The Astor Football GR/GRP 3-valve Mantel May 2009 Receiver The AWA 893/693P 3-Band 8-Transistor Portable June 2009 The Lyric 8-valve Console (US) from the 1920s July 2009 The Unnamed Console - an Orphan from the 1930s August 2009 3-Valve Kellogg TRF receiver - mid 1920s September 2009 The Development of AC mains power supplies, Part 1 October 2009 Part 2 November 2009 The Radiogram Bloke - Peter Henstridge December 2009 The STC Capehart A8551 Radiogram January 2010 The Mullard Meteor 600 4-valve mantel receiver February 2010 The Airzone 503 5-valve Mantel Set March 2010 The Spark Era - the beginning of radio April 2010 Automatic Gain Control (AGC) - how and why Part 1 May 2010 Part 2 June 2010 Reflex Receivers - why they were necessary July 2010 The Airzone 612 6-valve battery-powered console August 2010 All about thermionic valves (Maurie Findlay) September 2010 The Astor DL 4-valve mantel receiver October 2010 Traeger's first pedal radio & other replicas November 2010 The Philco 40-40 4-Valve Mantel Set December 2010 Portable Forestry HF Transceivers of Victoria January 2011 Building the best 2-3 valve radio receiver February 2011 The STC A5150 5-valve mantel clock radio March 2011 The STC 504: a 5-valve table radio from 1939 April 2011 How NOT to build vintage gear..plus cleaning May 2011 "VINTAGE RADIO" (Kevin Poulter) US Radio Manufacturing in 1925 - photo images June 2011 of Wells Gardner's factory "VINTAGE RADIO" (Maurie Findlay VK2PW) Restoring the Hotpoint Bandmaster J35DE console radio Part 1 July 2011 Part 2 August 2011 Part 3 Performance Improvements for the J35DE September 2011 A look at the Radiola model 573MA receiver October 2011 The Astor P7G 8-Transistor AM Portable Radio November 2011 AWA R7077 Beat Frequency Oscillator December 2011 AWA PA1002 50W PA Ampifier January 2012 1930s Palmavox 5-valve superhet; Pt 1 February 2012