22-12-2017, 10:45 AM
I'm not at all sure I agree with improving sets beyond their original specification, careful repair is OK with new components, if no suitable old ones are to hand.
If you have a 1950's set it is a 1950's set and you need to accept it for what it is. It is a point in the development of radio and TV and it's performance reflects the age it was made in. Future historians and collectors will curse your improvements.
In a parallel collecting world if you have a vintage car you try your best to restore it to as it was made. At a car show there are no points to be had for upgrading the engine.
A similar scene is the vintage military radio collecting world, many being spoiled by improvements. recently a clean and unmodified WS No. 19 sold for £1500, possibly 3 times the going rate!
I am now sat in my nuclear bunker hiding under the table with a brown paper bag to hand.
If you have a 1950's set it is a 1950's set and you need to accept it for what it is. It is a point in the development of radio and TV and it's performance reflects the age it was made in. Future historians and collectors will curse your improvements.
In a parallel collecting world if you have a vintage car you try your best to restore it to as it was made. At a car show there are no points to be had for upgrading the engine.
A similar scene is the vintage military radio collecting world, many being spoiled by improvements. recently a clean and unmodified WS No. 19 sold for £1500, possibly 3 times the going rate!
I am now sat in my nuclear bunker hiding under the table with a brown paper bag to hand.
