Canadian Vintage Radio Society | Site-Wide Activity https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:01:57 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 08f8e44b1c32279d7c53f0ef87c7d2b6 westcoastjohn replied to the topic Help repairing Electrohome Crescendo Imperial MK I tube console in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/help-repairing-electrohome-crescendo-imperial-mk-i-tube-console/#post-36703 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:29:00 -0700 Hello Smitty. Your resistance test of the power cord shows that the primary winding of the power transformer is OK. Then when you applied power, you discovered a short circuit. Check the large electrolytic capacitors, power off, with your ohmmeter. Then check the others. Find a shorted cap and you’ve found the problem.

If no joy, pull the…[Read more]

]]> 0 a8581bd27e42234fbee34d28277efbaa judej started the topic 1935 Canadian Westinghouse 155 tombstone for sale in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/1935-canadian-westinghouse-155-tombstone-for-sale/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:18:00 -0700 Title: FS: 1935 Canadian Westinghouse 155 Tombstone – Hamilton, ON (L9A)
Description:
Hi everyone, offering up a Canadian Westinghouse Model 155 tombstone radio from approximately 1935–1936.
The cabinet is in solid, original shape with no major veneer lifting, cracks, or missing structural wood. The speaker bars are intact and the original oct…[Read more]

]]> 0 4d23a27f70f2d0e1568237f7057ca851 judej became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14481/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:11:43 -0700 0 de41bcd481991fc9ac8ffba5af960bc6 Barry McCartney started the topic Grundig dial string diagram in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/grundig-dial-string-diagram-2/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:22:09 -0700 Does anyone have a diagram for the dial string on a Grundig 101u (1965 era)
Thanks
Barry

]]> 0 c0b7106d7c32136bab03569da041c3e8 Barry McCartney started the topic Grundig dial string diagram in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/grundig-dial-string-diagram/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:16:34 -0700 Grundig 101u dial string diagram needed

]]> 0 0d8f7a64c627e4f5018cc2cf1f015dbe Barry McCartney replied to the topic Westinghouse schematic model H-122 in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/westinghouse-schematic-model-h-122/#post-36692 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:13:11 -0700 I have received a good PDF copy from Ron at CVRS Schematic Services – thank You
Barry

]]> 0 15dfa7042062fb4934e8565c1bd9480e Gerry O'Hara started the topic FREE - to a Good Home: German Graetz Super 158W Radio in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/free-to-a-good-home-german-graetz-super-158w-radio/ Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:49:09 -0700 German-manufactured Graetz Super 158W radio. 8 tubes, including eye tube. In good condition, but not working. Offered free to good home. The radio is located in Kamloops, BC. If interested, contact Roberta Kjelson on 250-319-8113, or by email at: ‘robertaandjohnk at gmail dot com’

]]> 0 879615dda7747d241c1d79cb9dc06344 cdnradio@shaw.ca replied to the topic Atwater Kent Model 12 breadboard in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/atwater-kent-model-12-breadboard/#post-36684 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:40:06 -0700 SOLD

]]> 0 019c3247716220ac91b97642ce3a2cdd cdnradio@shaw.ca replied to the topic Atwater Kent Model 12 breadboard in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/atwater-kent-model-12-breadboard/#post-36656 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:10:32 -0700 Pics would not upload.
Email me directly if you want the pictures.
cdnradio@shaw.ca

]]> 0 80776e341e75894339300058c807b083 cdnradio@shaw.ca started the topic Atwater Kent Model 12 breadboard in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/atwater-kent-model-12-breadboard/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:09:21 -0700 I have this old AK12 that I am going to sell.
Let me know if your interested. I would like to sell it in Canada.
If there is no interest I will try eBay or Facebook.
Original tags in place. Cord desoldered to display better but I still have it.Excellent condition.

]]> 0 3e90fc2e888f893ab4d2948de6c3ab3d DaveCarr1963 became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14472/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:30:50 -0700 0 9fbc31aa2e40252b2bf778e2eed59259 henryanna56@gmail.com became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14470/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:54:37 -0700 0 43fb5e323030eb9ad619e3a8a85de530 Gerry O'Hara started the topic RCA 10K-1 Radio - FREE! Located in Victoria, BC in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/rca-10k-1-radio-free-located-in-victoria-bc/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 16:10:40 -0700 RCA Model 10K-1 console radio being offered ‘free to a good home’ The cabinet is in reasonable shape, and the chassis looks to be complete with tubes, however, the speaker is missing. The owner, John Grazley, will deliver to its new owner in the Victoria, BC area. If interested, please contact John by email: jgrazley at gmail dot com.

]]> 0 5eaa6a5d2d7f87647b7a848cb28d8808 barrymarshal00 became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14467/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:46:45 -0700 0 bac7c8bf6972920528fffbb0b237dc8d OIDAR started the topic For sale Heathkit IP-32 Regulated Power Supply – Vintage Test Equipment in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/for-sale-heathkit-ip-32-regulated-power-supply-vintage-test-equipment/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:25:07 -0700 Vintage Heathkit IP-32 regulated power supply, classic tube-era electronic test equipment.

Older B.C.I.T. inventory tag #28563 still attached.

Shows age-related wear, scratches, dust and some surface oxidation consistent with an older piece of equipment.

Untested. I have not powered it up due to its age. It should be inspected and serviced by…[Read more]

]]> 0 48fdeb1f0dd918aa333e56c4f163bbbd thingfixer became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14464/ Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:12:00 -0700 0 95391a6e7210abcb45a41d9d090a5ae1 teambogus became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14463/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 16:54:25 -0700 0 3f1dd05c96cbc3711d855483861f723f OIDAR started the topic For sale-Canadian General Electric Type 83 Mercury-Vapor Rectifier Tube in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/for-sale-canadian-general-electric-type-83-mercury-vapor-rectifier-tube/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:25:09 -0700 Vintage Canadian General Electric Type 83 mercury-vapor rectifier tube, likely dating from the late 1930s to 1940s.

Marked “83” on the glass and “Made for Canadian General Electric Limited” on the base.

The Type 83 is a 4-pin full-wave mercury-vapor rectifier, used in vintage radio, amplifier, test-equipment and power-supply applica…[Read more]

]]> 0 6080bd2518fd5a1653146d27175f1831 SmittyNA replied to the topic Help repairing Electrohome Crescendo Imperial MK I tube console in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/help-repairing-electrohome-crescendo-imperial-mk-i-tube-console/#post-36625 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:20:53 -0700 A few pictures of the unit

]]> 0 1da977bccc0e436dd3ef07637efba106 SmittyNA started the topic Help repairing Electrohome Crescendo Imperial MK I tube console in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/help-repairing-electrohome-crescendo-imperial-mk-i-tube-console/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 22:19:56 -0700 Hello,

I’m looking for some help repairing my grandfather’s Electrohome Crescendo Imperial MK I tube stereo console. I’m in Calgary, Alberta.

I’m a complete beginner with vintage electronics and have never soldered, but I do have a digital multimeter and have been doing some basic unpowered testing.

The console was initially showing continuity…[Read more]

]]> 0 931408641f3796f09d57cd105c1d4c81 SmittyNA became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14458/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:34:46 -0700 0 46cc76a975665840b27eb62923bbd81c Dan Walker replied to the topic Another Big Marconi model 71 in the forum Show & Tell https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/another-big-marconi-model-71/#post-36618 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:38:25 -0700 Hi Brad.
The knobs that are on your radio are not the same as the ones I need.
I looked under the chassis of mine and it is full of rubber wire in bad condition.
I may have to call on you if I have any challenges with this radio.
I may need some bulb sockets as they seem to be a little different than most.I won’t get to it for quite a…[Read more]

]]> 0 88e2c60d37251f655bb1a0b68b339a21 Brad Winder replied to the topic Another Big Marconi model 71 in the forum Show & Tell https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/another-big-marconi-model-71/#post-36615 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 03:07:35 -0700 Here are some pictures; I may have a knob…do they look the same?

]]> 0 9a3fbc95a28d795622bbce283323cc06 Brad Winder replied to the topic Another Big Marconi model 71 in the forum Show & Tell https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/another-big-marconi-model-71/#post-36614 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 02:40:10 -0700 Nice that you got it Dan! I saw it listed…but I bought a model 72 last year. Same chassis, slightly different cabinet.

]]> 0 14e4aab817d365e95c0effc9d4b3f894 renniefamily became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14453/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:13:12 -0700 0 996b3744145274f93510750ef1e2ff08 LowAir became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14451/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 23:21:05 -0700 0 afa174add0ba1d30e906421f4e5028c3 Dan Walker started the topic I need a Marconi knob in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/i-need-a-marconi-knob/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:16:30 -0700 I have a Marconi console model 71 and it is short one knob.
The knob is 3/4 of an inch tall and 1 1/8 inches across. It takes a 1/4 shaft with a set screw.
If you have on please let me know .
thanks
Dan in Calgary

]]> 0 7653cdadb7ec19acac7a8f8f13788f1a Dan Walker started the topic Another Big Marconi model 71 in the forum Show & Tell https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/another-big-marconi-model-71/ Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:45:39 -0700 I had to drive to Red Deer from Calgary to get this one. The cabinet needs a lot of work,and I have not checked out the transformer yet.
It has 12 tubes which is more than any Marconi I have owned. The chassis weighs a ton because of the huge transformer.
It is a winter project until next spring when I can get to the cabinet.
I sure do like the…[Read more]

]]> 0 94f88279692f5fc635ad0eb5c88f86d6 johncreedy replied to the topic Rare PYE radio T7103 , there is no info in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/rare-pye-radio-t7103-there-is-no-info/#post-36596 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 23:37:41 -0700 Hope you are still active. I too have one of these radios. If you are willing to send me a copy I can send my email address. Thanks much appreciated

Johncreedy47@gmail.com

]]> 0 42edf459ef11b9f14d170969c780b0e4 Barry McCartney's profile was updated https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14446/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 22:01:41 -0700 0 e0f6539cecc7256f3641781e3fa4da50 mr-moe started the topic For Sale Walsco alignment tool kit. in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/for-sale-walsco-alignment-tool-kit/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:24:41 -0700 Complete Walsco alignment kit in plastic case.
Shows very little wear for its age.
Plastic is a little stiff.
Will ship Canada 🇨🇦 Post, anywhere in Canada.

$20.00 plus postage.

]]> 0 ff3f959427fedf387bb867fb09865a0f bear started the topic Westinghouse schematic model H-122 in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/westinghouse-schematic-model-h-122/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:50:59 -0700 I have a Westinghouse Model H-122 radio that I will be doing a full restoration on.
The schematic that I have is poor and a fair bit blurry.
Does anyone have a good copy?

I have already started the restoration of the Bakelite Cabinet – going well so far.

Thank You
Barry

]]> 0 1c2d6cf0759454cade03ec53c6ff45c7 johncreedy became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14441/ Sat, 12 Sep 2026 01:24:20 -0700 0 af4e4ede5219b3b4363eb7f80b087ce7 OIDAR started the topic For sale -3 Vintage 7193 / 2C22 Vacuum Tubes in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/for-sale-3-vintage-7193-2c22-vacuum-tubes/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:27:16 -0700 Lot of 3 vintage 7193 / 2C22 vacuum tubes.

Includes:
2 × Ken-Rad 7193
1 × National Union 7193

Made in USA.

Untested and sold as-is. Glass appears intact. Please review all photos carefully for condition and markings.

]]> 0 b71b69a5e6406c084bda8eb958575554 OIDAR started the topic Sylvania 807 Vintage Vacuum Tube Radio RF Audio Power Tube Untested in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/sylvania-807-vintage-vacuum-tube-radio-rf-audio-power-tube-untested/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:07:44 -0700 Vintage Sylvania 807 power vacuum tube. Untested vintage vacuum tube. Glass is intact. Dark getter area appears normal; no obvious white or milky vacuum-loss indication. Sold as-is.

]]> 0 acfb14b3903ab61e619057a116e28626 DerrylM replied to the topic Seeking Information re: Rogers B730 in the forum Non-member Chat Room https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/seeking-information-re-rogers-b730/#post-36580 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 22:50:03 -0700 Brad, that’s a good start, thank you. I can pretty much guarantee it’s a table set as he and his father went a good distance by canoe and then dog team to get to where they stayed. I’ll dig around for those other models so I can at least get an idea.

]]> 0 e70cd210a01d09525f8fdbec787b484d Brad Winder replied to the topic Seeking Information re: Rogers B730 in the forum Non-member Chat Room https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/seeking-information-re-rogers-b730/#post-36578 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:23:19 -0700 Hi Derry,

The model number from the schematics is B7/30. It was built during the 1935-36 model year, and had seven tubes. There is no picture attached to the schematics, so I cannot tell you what it looked like, nor if it is a table or floor cabinet style.

Rogers, Rogers-Majestic, and DeForest Crosley were all owned by the Rogers family (Yes,…[Read more]

]]> 0 7b5c949b0bdee1e391debf0f6232020d DerrylM started the topic Seeking Information re: Rogers B730 in the forum Non-member Chat Room https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/seeking-information-re-rogers-b730/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:59:26 -0700 I understand there’s either a slash or a dash in the model number and welcome a correction about that as well, just to head off all the comments.

I’m an author currently writing a book about my grandfather and his father and other men who trapped in the NWT, primarily in the 1930s. In one of Grandpa’s diaries he lists as marginalia the…[Read more]

]]> 0 c8a475b9a27a309d21983d038dd9ea3f DerrylM became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14433/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 23:22:18 -0700 0 2bd771a82ce2a9b12a98ad9ef040ed5f RilasGckley became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14431/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 07:47:10 -0700 0 b37f241af1c404e1e9c3ee78d7f9560a cdnradio@shaw.ca replied to the topic FS: The Hallicrafters Co. model S-53A radio with Radio Tube booklet in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/fs-the-hallicrafters-co-model-s-53a-radio-with-radio-tube-booklet/#post-36575 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:17:37 -0700 What are you asking for the radio?
Location?

]]> 0 786ee41fc0d9551b8b2d812ed5c2dde9 cdnradio@shaw.ca became a registered member https://canadianvintageradio.com/activity/p/14428/ Sat, 05 Sep 2026 18:15:35 -0700 0 1a0072d8aef9f42166c680b74da33791 Gerry O'Hara started the topic FREE - Non-Working Clone of a Tek 545 'Scope in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/free-non-working-clone-of-a-tek-545-scope/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:17:00 -0700 The owner of a clone of a Tek 545 ‘scope has given up trying to repair it as it has too many issues, including a shorted solenoid on the power supply relay, a faulty high voltage transformer, and a short across one of the low voltage supplies. All the tubes have been removed, and a few high wattage resistors are missing, otherwise, the chassis i…[Read more]

]]> 0 38cbe036be2e92c9cc949d132a593964 westcoastjohn replied to the topic DeForest Columbian 7D634 hum in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/deforest-columbian-7d634-hum/#post-36569 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:18:42 -0700 https://pacifictv.ca/schematics/rogers12-61data.pdf

Let us know if this info matches your set. They are ID’ed more by given name than by number, but there are duplicate chassis in the Majestic and Rogers cabinets,
3 different cabinets have identical schematics.

]]> 0 6f3cd5711e61f7941dad6605d98a356e westcoastjohn replied to the topic DeForest Columbian 7D634 hum in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/deforest-columbian-7d634-hum/#post-36565 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:13:01 -0700 Here’s a link to the schematic and a couple of clips that we can study. Nothing like a bit of homework, oh yeah.
Hopefully the noise is controllable but if it is indeed an internal problem, we can find ways to eliminate it on the schematic. Maybe. 🙂

]]> 0 16dde42a85f88b09873a2e1097666773 westcoastjohn replied to the topic DeForest Columbian 7D634 hum in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/deforest-columbian-7d634-hum/#post-36563 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:18:31 -0700 Hello Robert and welcome to the club. AM radios are so hungry for fresh input these days, they will pull noise out of the air. Regulations have gone slack.
Are you tuning in CFAX, Victoria’s only AM station, Vancouver CBC 690 or CKNW 730? Unplug phone chargers and other digital devices anywhere near your radio. If you have a transistor radio,…[Read more]

]]> 0 9420a2ddb2149702d0bfe07ebee236ff Tom Stevens replied to the topic DeForest Columbian 7D634 hum in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/deforest-columbian-7d634-hum/#post-36561 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:10:06 -0700 Also, if you get an EMI filter, DO NOT connect the ground wire. None of my radios or power supplies have 3 pin plugs so the ground is irrelevant. I was getting a noticeable hum when testing TRFs with ABC power supply and also my vintage stereo stuff and the EMI filter cleared it right up. See attached photo

]]> 0 539a50bf80bf0730fa744fe30218a35f garykuster started the topic Free TV tubes in the forum For Sale / Wanted https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/free-tv-tubes/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 17:10:46 -0700 Not sure if there are any vintage TV guys here, but have a load of TV tubes sorted out from my latest tube haul. Partial list of some of the boxed tubes. some NOs, mostly pulls. untested. Tubes are in Regina. Free for the price of postage.

]]> 0 158926a4c553d26202b9c98468aa3b6c Tom Stevens replied to the topic DeForest Columbian 7D634 hum in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/deforest-columbian-7d634-hum/#post-36557 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 15:45:06 -0700 Try adding an EMI filter. I get a lot of electrical “Noise” in my house wiring and had to build a power bar with a 10Amp EMI filter installed in it. I had similar problems until I started using the EMI filter.

]]> 0 a552f5cf09ba35582e30af2c2d3f3bd6 Dan Walker replied to the topic DeForest Columbian 7D634 hum in the forum Electronics Restoration https://canadianvintageradio.com/cvrs-forums/topic/deforest-columbian-7d634-hum/#post-36556 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 04:33:19 -0700 Hi Robert;
I have worked on several of these rogers and Deforest Crosley radios.
I have been doing it for about 20 years, and am am self taught, with the help of the Antique radio forum and the Canadian vintage radio society.
That does not mean much except after working on several of these radios I find that ALL the capacitors need…[Read more]

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