I read an article on #RNZ this evening about old timey NZ-made radios.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture/the-innovative-company-that-changed-radio-in-aotearoa

That led me to https://www.vintageradio.co.nz/, a great old-school website that collates all the info on NZ's old radios.

It's of interest to me as I still have my now-deceased Great Aunt's old valve radio, pictured below with my young daughter back in 2010. It still works (AM only) and I love it.

My Great Aunt Lill was crippled by polio when she was young and lived a simple, frugal life with limited mobility in leg braces.

I tracked down her model on the vintageradio website. Based on the scan of the old advertisement for this Murphy G202 radio, it sold in NZ for￡69. "LUXURY ... at low cost!" to quote the ad.

I just did an inflation adjustment to today's dollars on the Reserve Bank website, and ￡69 in 1957, when this radio was made, would be $4,400 today!

Now I'm wondering how the family got the money together to buy her this.

Radios were a big investment for the home back then. They were different times.

#radio #vintage #antique #ValveRadio #nz

Bluetooth Dampfradio

https://makertube.net/w/kFKVH9LCQTeUukqqyNk3cQ

Repair & restoration of a #RobertsRadio R500 from the early #1960s. Had to replace 3 sick #Germanium AF117 transistors with the dreaded "whiskers" problem, & realign the IF stage. Good sound if you're content with #midcentury LO-FI.

#OldRadio #VintageRadio #TubeRadio #ValveRadio
[23/01/2020]

A restored Philips BG151U valve radio of the 1950s, for that lovely nostalgic warm AM sound. Lots of work, but well worth it.

#OldRadio #VintageRadio #TubeRadio #ValveRadio #Philips #BBCLight
[20/01/2020]