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I picked up this radio about two years ago , and last winter I recapped it. It is an RCA model 9K1
It did not come with a dial so I had to make one. In order for it to fit into the cabinet I had to us JB weld to hold the dial on
so it would not touch the plastic escutcheon.
I just hope that in another 40 years when someone tries to get the dial off They won’t be cussing me.
I installed a new eye tube [costly] and it is very bright.
I stripped the cabinet and applied the proper colors according to what was there before.
It plays very well and I do like the looks of these cabinets.
So far this summer I have four completed and considering the cool weather we have had I’m
doing pretty good.The radio is not a yellowish as the photos show [it is the flash]
Dan in CalgaryRalph: I had another one of these radios at the time and I copied the dial on a piece of paper and transferred it to a piece of aluminum.
The dial is curved and flat so it was not hard, but finding a way to attach it was the challenge, but the JB weld workedI have had this 9K1 since I was a teenager. I bought it at a second hand store back in the 60’s when I was interested in Short Wave Listening. It has been with me ever since, and still works perfectly!
I started refinishing/and recapping a RCA 9K1 in March of 2022, and just finished it up Sept 2023. I had replaced a couple of tubes too, and I did my own alignment with an RF signal generator and schematic about 8 months ago. However, upon finishing things up just recently, I have found that I have low volume, poor sensitivity, and the Magic Eye/Tuning tube is not moving. I found that the 6H6 2nd Detector/AVC tube was showing ‘short’ on my Mercury tube tester, so I replaced it. I plugged it in, and it worked perfectly, good volume, good receive sensitivity, and Magic Eye worked! But only for 5 minutes! And then it went back to low volume, poor sensitivity. I am wondering if my replacement 6H6 tube went bad (the replacement still tests good), or if there is another problem? Anyone with experience with these have any suggestions? Ron/Regina
Edit: 2023 Oct 22 Just re-tested all of the tubes today, and found that one of the two 6K7’s was cold dead! I guess the filament/heater must have recently gone open (the dead one was in the RF stage; the remaining good one the IF stage). I’m surprised it picked up any stations; that must be why I only could get a couple of strong stations. I have ordered a new 6K7 (actually will order two, and keep the other old one as a spare).
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