Rogers Majestic Radio at the antique show ;^)

[diamondsouled]

Posted this over on the Tube Audio forum before I realized where the other AK forums had disappeared to ;^).

Thanks Mario!

Picked up this Rogers Majestic radio at a local antique show for $20. Not in bad condition cosmetically.

It was originally a battery unit I believe but has a converter which you see at the bottom of the cabinet.

Looks good with the rest of my antique furniture. Going to have to see if I can get the old girl running. Needs a new tuner string. I'll likely do a recap first as well.

Have to see if the chassis is live on this one.

Will have to track a schematic down as well.

Nice to have an empty attachment file.

Cheers

Lar

[electroking]

Here is the schematic again, hope you can open it this way.

This is a battery operated radio, using two different batteries,
so the question of it being a live chassis is not applicable.
The batteries do not share a common ground, so you must make
sure the battery eliminator you use is compatible with this fact.
Regards.

[diamondsouled]

Thanks!

"This is a battery operated radio, using two different batteries,
so the question of it being a live chassis is not applicable."

I was wondering about that. I've got a tingle from both AC and DC sources

It will be nice to resurrect this radio.

I was wondering if Howards restore-a-finish will work on the cabinet? It's not in that bad of condition over all, just a few scuffs and scratches. The grill cloth is in fairly nice condition as well.

I'm thinking that this might be a fairly good area to live in, SW Saskatchewan, to find this type of radio. I'm going to have to check out some auctions for sure!

Cheers

Lar

[electroking]

If you have never worked on a tube type battery radio before, you will find several
interesting features: there is no power supply hum at all, and also the tubes heat
up to full operating temperature in less than a second (and the cathodes do not
emit any visible light). This is not a very hot shortwave receiver, but with a
good antenna you can hear several interesting things.

Take your time to study the schematic, ask questions if you are not sure.
And be careful with that B battery supply, it can shock you even at only 90 volts!

I am no expert with cabinet restoration, so I will let others offer advice. Good luck.

[rollei35guy]

I have been told you can remove scratches by 'reflowing' the shellac using denatured alcohol or thinner. I have not tried this technique yet.

My own preference is to keep the cabinet as original as possible. I like the patina and to a lesser extent scratches an old radio has.