Completed Firestone Air Chief 1946 Radio Repairs

[whocaresnow2]

How much did a repair job like this cost?

[vwestlife]

Sounds like you've got an arcing power line in the vicinity, which is causing the intermittent crackles/buzzes.

[mannydeguzmanjartist]

There appeared to be an intermittent noise between 600 Khz to about 1200 Khz. Where does it came from? Is it a local static or atmospheric in nature.

Is this kind of interference common in most tube radios?

MANNY DE GUZMAN, JR.

Manila, Philippines

[musicman0150]

That's a great looking radio and sounds really good. I'm not sure what the presets are used for though. It is rare to see an old radio like that with presets. How would you set them or change them if necessary? Can you do a video with the radio showing how to work the presets? Sounded like one or two of them were blank and two others had the same station. Do they were seperately between AM and SW or can you only set one or the other between bands? See what you can do. Thanks.

Gary

[retrochad]

Gary, this was a repair job for a customer so I don't have it anymore to demonstrate...you can see towards the end there are adjustments at the rear for the pushbuttons. They don't have the RF amplifier stage in the circuit like the main tuner so some of them seem weaker when pressed but they were all tuned up. They are for AM only.

[musicman0150]

Thanks for the reply. I didn't realize that some of the equipment you have are repairs for other people. I'll watch the video again and pause it to take a closer look at the back of the radio.

Gary

[lrd9999]

musicman0150:They were very common before WW2, but disappeared (except for car radios) by about 1950 (until the '80s). I always assumed it was due to the demise of the 15 minute programming format on radio, as TV took over the broadcast of dramas and comedies.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Beautiful radio, sounds great. The own will be pleased.

[Trance88]

Wow! Awesome radio. There are only 2 consistent music stations on AM here in Grand Rapids Michigan.

[retrochad]

Thanks for your comments...actually here, two of the country stations used to be talk stations (KRIL and KCKM) They just converted back to music in the last couple of years.

[Hammondlover2]

What a beautiful set! I love the columns on the side.

[retrochad]

It really is beautiful isn't it...its owner refinished the cabinet and we did the electronic repairs. When I saw the photo of the cabinet on the Photofact folder I was amazed by the fairly ornate details. It seems that by this time table radio cabinets had mostly started to become more plain.

[jefferyb304]

Love that radio and the song, there ain't no gettin' over me.

[mylesgifford123]

nice radio