Monday, February 23, 2009

New kitchen radio AWA Radiola 565MA

Picked up my new valve radio last night.

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A magnificent item of architecture I hope you'll agree. Many of the original capacitors have been replaced and internally condition is excellent.

Here it is tuned to 2FC, err ABC Radio National. Hums a bit but sounds very official. Great to see some 1950s technology still going strong.
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4 comments:

  1. Unknown7:58 PM

    Hi Marxy,

    Just wondering if you could provide any info on what valves go in which sockets for this radio?

    I have one of these radios, unfortunately, the valves reside in a box next to the radio...

    Cheers,

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  2. Peter Marks8:30 PM

    Hi Justin,

    Sorry I don't have any technical info but I'm sure it's around.

    Let me know if you're still stuck.

    Marxy

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  3. Caitlin @ Get Backlinks10:04 PM

    That is a gorgeous piece! My grandmother used to have a radio that looked almost like that when I was little. Oh, seeing that just brought back lovely memories to me.

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  4. Anonymous11:45 AM

    Some Info on it here:

    http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/amalgamate_radiola_565ma.html

    This doesn't seem to be a very common model, I have a 467MA in my collection, they are great little radios!

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