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The Thrill Of Restoring Another Lovely Valve (Tube) Radio – Murphy Model Tao-824

Jestine Yong — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:01:09 +0000

This Radio was brought by a friend of mine and was lying in my attic for many years. The idea was to bring it back to working condition and sell it. The condition of the Radio when it was brought in November, 2016 can be seen in the following pictures: I used to pick it […]

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Cracked Capacitor Caused Crackling Noise In Philips Valve Radio 15RB708/00S

Jestine Yong — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 07:51:01 +0000

This was brought by the same customer to whom I had serviced a similar Radio a few months back. This TV was lying in his ancestral home and was reported to be having a weak output. The Radio was well maintained with a fresh back cover made by a carpenter as […]

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Dial Lamp Burning Solved In PHILIPS Valve (Tube) Radio MAESTRO 15RB677/01S

Jestine Yong — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 05:43:16 +0000

This Radio has visited me for a major work which I have reported earlier. Kindly see the link: https://jestineyong.com/replaced-ift-with-imported-in-philips-valve-tube-radio-model-major/ This time the complaint was that the bulb gets burnt. Replacements of these types of 6.3V 150mA bulbs are no longer available in the market. Though the customer brought a few 6V 6W bulbs, it was […]

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Replaced IFT With Imported In PHILIPS Valve (TUBE) Radio Model MAJOR

Jestine Yong — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 09:26:59 +0000

A referred customer brought this Radio to me from a faraway distance. He was after me for a few months as my bedroom-converted-workshop was not having enough space to accommodate this large Radio. This customer was yet another who was fond of antique collections. This Radio belonged to his dad […]

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Miracle Restoration Of A Prestigous Normende Tube (Valve) Radio

Jestine Yong — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 08:30:35 +0000

I am so excited to write this article because of a miraculous result that enabled restoration of this wonderful antique Radio, after several futile efforts put in for weeks together! This Radio was brought by my schoolmate stating that it was picked up just for its fancy look during his […]

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Another Thrilling Antique Valve (TUBE) Radio Service – AIRVOICE 2612

Jestine Yong — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 22:19:04 +0000

This set was brought to me by a recently added customer with the complaint that the Radio was not picking up any stations now and only some ‘drrrrr……..’ sound coming out. When I switched on the Radio in front of him, the complaint reported was found accurate. As he knew […]

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Restoration Of An Antique Philips Valve (TUBE) Radio 15RB708/00

Jestine Yong — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 02:04:39 +0000

This valve (tube) radio (Stereo) was brought to me by a customer staying a few KMs away from my home. It was one of the shops which dealt with antique items that gave my name and phone to the customer, though I have no idea how the shop got it, […]

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Restored A Tampered And Spoiled KREFT Valve Radio

Jestine Yong — Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:04:56 +0000

Those of you who have missed by earlier article published on 7th June, 2018 may please visit this link: Servicing Kreft Valve Radio | Electronics Repair And Technology News (jestineyong.com) This radio was brought to me with the complaint that some bizarre sound was heard and radio was not working. This was reportedly lying unused […]

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Restoration Of Antique Philips Valve Radio Model 15RB525/11Z

Jestine Yong — Fri, 21 May 2021 01:40:44 +0000

This antique valve radio was lying in a shop and my two wheeler mechanic located it by chance. He picked it up along with another one, Model ARC. Both of them were just bare without the cabinets. This Philips Radio had no front dial glass even. The ARC had […]

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Restoring A Sharp JHANKAR Tube Radio 7A57

Jestine Yong — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 10:17:24 +0000

Make and Model: Sharp Jhankar Tube Radio 7A57 Complaint reported: Dead Troubleshooting and restoration done: Opened the back cover and cleaned the set thoroughly. Observed that the speaker paper was worn out. Got it repaired by a speaker reconditioning shop. Applied power and checked for DC presence on […]

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