Some vintage "whine".
I moved last year. It has been about 12 months and I still don't have my electrical work bench set up. All of my radios, parts, tubes and test equipment are still in boxes. It is unfortunate when priorities and life in general get in the way of our hobbies. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

But, boy do I miss it!
I miss the smell of an antique radio. I miss the 400Hz tone of an alignement. I miss testing tubes. I miss the challenge of troubleshooting, and the sense of accomplishment when I hear something from the speaker for the first time.
I could go on and on.

I hope to get my bench up and runnig this summer. There are about 20 radios screaming for attention.

Did I mention how much I miss working on antique radios?

Gary

Yes. It is fun to hear an old radio working again. Glad you enjoy it also.

Hello,

I was going into withdrawal also, but my other obligations are finally taken care of. Now it is back to the bench. One thing I am curious about.
What are some of the reasons for restoring a particular radio? My attraction to a radio is mainly the esthetics of a radio, dial face, case etc.

:Yes. It is fun to hear an old radio working again. Glad you enjoy it also.

:Hello,
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:I was going into withdrawal also, but my other obligations are finally taken care of. Now it is back to the bench. One thing I am curious about.
:What are some of the reasons for restoring a particular radio? My attraction to a radio is mainly the esthetics of a radio, dial face, case etc.

Personally I like to work on 'basket case' radios that is those in really poor condition - chassis and / or case. It's the challenge of making them work again, especially when some of the parts need to be repaired or replaced by whatever you can find. (The set is not rare, and the damage is so severe that actual restoration would be many times more than the radio would ever be worth.) I am intrigued by the ingenuity of the designers who worked without the benefit of modern test equipment, using whatever they could find. And I LOVE the sound when an old radio comes to life again - the popping and hissing as that elusive DX station comes in. And my wife thinks the set is beautiful, and wants it in the living room or dining room; or my friends at work marvel at the warm glow from a row of tubes and sound that is better than the cheap plastic thing they CALL a radio. And I tell them "Real radios glow in the dark." It just gets in your blood.

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::Yes. It is fun to hear an old radio working again. Glad you enjoy it also.