Broadcast receivers
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Restoration / renewal: Tandberg Sølvsuper 4
Combining the best parts from two broken radios, and applying new veneer, to make one fuctional and good looking radio. Continue reading
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DIY: Digital EM84 “magic eye” replacement
My first attempt at making a digital replica of an indicator tube. Continue reading
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Restoration: Tandberg Sølvsuper 9, step by step
A thorough walkthrough of the restoration and alignment process of a vacuum tube AM/FM radio. Sølvsuper 9 is used as example, but many of the troubleshooting and alignment steps apply to other tube based broadcast receivers. Continue reading
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Restoration: Tandberg Sølvsuper 3
Combining parts from two severely damaged Sølvsuper 3s, to make a beautiful and well-sounding radio. Continue reading
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Add-on: USB DAC integrated in Tandberg Huldra 11
A DIY DAC which lets an old receiver play music directly from a PC. Continue reading
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Modification: Tandberg Huldra 11 LED illumination
Radio dial illumination with LED strips and a DIY adjustable PSU. Continue reading
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Repair: Tandberg Huldra 11
Some common issues with this receiver, and how to solve them. Continue reading
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Concept: Electroshock therapy for malfunctioning transistors
Tin whiskers is a common failure mode on 1950s and 60s transistors. Here’s one way to fix it. Continue reading
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Restoration: Tandberg Sølvsuper
The first model in the Sølvsuper series, which spanned from 1936 to 1978. Continue reading
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Restoration: Tandberg Sølvsuper 2
This model was manufactured between 1938 and 1941. During WW2, when Norway was occupied by Germany, Norwegian citizens were prohibited from owning radios, and this recently acquired radio was confiscated by the occupants in 1941, and then locked away for years, until it was reunited with its rightful owner in 1945. Some earlier repairs/modifications indicate… Continue reading
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Restoration: Tandberg Huldra 7
One of my first restorations when starting to collect broadcast receivers a few years ago, was this tube radio from between 1963 and -65, AM- and FM reception, stereo amplifier and integrated loudspeakers. It had been used in a craftsman’s workshop for decades, and was very dirty and dusty, but in pretty good shape after… Continue reading
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Self-taught electronics hobbyist. Collector of Tandberg and other Norwegian broadcast receivers.
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