Found this old radio from the 50's.
Have no clue on the old school tube tech or frequency bands, what can I receive with it that other radios can't?
Found this old radio from the 50's.
Found this old radio from the 50's.
Have no clue on the old school tube tech or frequency bands, what can I receive with it that other radios can't?
you can probably receive a load up your ass you stinking gaylord
>what can I receive with it that other radios can't?
nothing
Nice if it works, could be a complete money pit to restore if it doesn't; tube anything is a very niche labor of love anymore.
Basically a high quality AM/FM radio of its day, but with more expanded frequency range than just the commercial broadcast bands. Not as much broadcast content in those expanded areas of the radio spectrum anymore, and you'll need a good antenna and the right conditions to get it...and if its music or news/talk you can probably hear it online via RadioGarden or a similar site/app.
Otherwise you can pick up things like directional beacons and time ticks in the lower end of AM and maybe some OTA TV audio and other niche local stuff on FM. Oh, and it's all mono too.
Here's the closest thing I can find to that model with some tube callouts and band info-
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/loewe_opta_rheinland_3154w.html
More detailed description of the various frequency band ranges here, keep in mind that some definitions msy have changed since that thing was new-
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_spectrum
Another early 50s vintage Loewe-Opto with a tuner section closer to yours, but only one speaker and different tubes than the first example-
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/loewe_opta_rheinland_4953w.html
Just curious. Are any European LF broadcasters still on the air? I heard one of them in the eastern US many years ago. Somewhere around 200kHz. OP's radio gets LF.
On shortwave anything in AM mode. There's BBC World Service, RNZ (Radio New Zealand), Deutsche Welle, Radio Australia, and a crap-tonne of Radio China International propaganda stations. Time signal stations like WWV.
A good place to see whats on-the air and where: https://www.short-wave.info/index.php
There are some still left.
I know how you feel. I grew up listening to AM in the 70s. Unfortunately what I hear now is sports talk, news, and hindustani crap. I like tuning in Radio Mi Amigo on 6085 kHz shortwave to relive those comfy nights as a kid in bed late at night listening to Gerry Rafferty, Doobie Brothers, etc.
if you want to pick up weird and wonderful things across a wide spectrum, you're much better of buying an SDR (software-defined radio), they can pick up what that radio can and much, much more
Neat and worth restoring since it's generally easy. Replace a few caps before you fire it up otherwise you risk costly damage. It has an eye tube which is always cool.
If you're schizophrenic enough you can listen to God with it
Over at
there's a regular visitor who knows tube radio stuff well. He helped me out a few times.
Nothing. They are barely worth fixing even the ones that can receive FM because radio is garbage these days
I feel like I must live in a weird radio time capsule because in my area the AM dial is actually better than the FM. The only thing you get on FM here is top 40 music and ESL stations. Meanwhile AM still has news, weather, traffic, even the occasional radio drama play. I love it when I catch one of those dramas, makes me feel like I stepped into a time machine to a better era
used to have an AM comedy station where I live
Most of the modern stuff was shit but every hour on the hour they'd do a classic routine and they were bomb af.
>Found this old car from the 50's.
>Have no clue on the old school carb tech or power bands, where can I drive with it that other cars can't?
recordings of crazy dead preachers
wwv
occasional radio faxes
sst
numbers stations
rabid old guys doing dx competitions
people talking about really boring shit.
basically nothing interesting.
number stations.