The controls are located on the sides of the case. On the left are volume, tone and the power switch. On the right are the tuning knob and the band selector switch. On the back, it has antenna and ground terminals, a phono input and and the loudspeaker output.
I bought this radio after it was offered on the Dutch Forum on Old Radios. When I collected it, I was not disappointed. It was in good condition. Not much dust, moist or nicotine. All the tubes were there and the tuning dial still had all its printing.
I decided to make it really shine again, so first I took everything out of the case and polished and waxed the case. I cleaned the speaker cloth and the tuning indicator window. The varnish on the wooden panels was a bit worn, so I sanded the panels and treated them with spray varnish.
I removed some extra wires attached to the volume pot by a previous owner, cleaned the volume potmeter and the band switch with contact spray and tried again. This time it worked better, I got a lot of stations on MW but only a few on SW and LW. After cleaning the valve sockets, the sound became better. A cracking sound remained, though. It could be influenced by moving the frequency changer tube in its socket, but never disppeared entirely After replacing this tube, the radio became more sensitive and the cracking disappeared. Sound was much better.
I finally put the radio together again and now it's shining proudly on a bookshelf, playing every now and then.
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