Radio Times

Over the past few days I have been tinkering with an old 40s radio. I was mostly soldering in new wires where the old rubber ones had crumbled, and replacing the foil-and-paper capacitors (which are susceptible to moisture). Tonight I finally got to a stage where I could plug it in and try it:



The controls light up, which looks cool, but I'm only getting faint static at the moment. I'm very pleased that it actually turns on - that means the transformer is ok. Tomorrow I shall rig up an improvised aerial.