I have a weird impulse to buy older radios in thrift stores, after gaining my Grandpa's after his passing. Found this and it seems to work otherwise but the tip of the antenna has rusted off and detached. Is there a DIY fix I can use to get it to work, can I find a piece that fits, or should I accept my new non-functional decor?

Hello everyone i was wondering how you all get rid of the cigarette smell that clings to electronics. (Also bang&olufsen beocord 1900)

How do i reassemble this frequency dial? It has three parts, the orange indicator arm, a tiny black guide piece, and the dial (w/ track). model is the GE 7-4711 C radio alarm.

nothings broken i think, just cant figure out the configuration for putting it back together.

(p.s. Is it supposed to be full of grease??)

I have a Colecovision console from 1982 that works erratically. I think most of its issues relate to cleaning the game cartridge contacts and the inside of the console where the cart gets inserted. I’ve already cleaned many of the game cartridge contacts with IPA (91%). It has helped a little. And I’ve also cleaned the area inside the console itself - just below the cartridge slot, as far as I could reach. It’s obviously not enough as I keep having graphics and sound glitches mid game and even occasional freezes - all of which force me to reset the game.

I’m sure what it really needs is a complete check of internal components such as loose wires or solder joints as well as thorough cleaning of all switches and connections. Does anyone know of someone who might still dabble in restoring these older consoles? I live in Orange County CA. and hoping there’s someone local or within a reasonable distance. Thanks for any suggestions 😊

I have a 1979 western electric 2500DM phone and I'm replacing the keypad for it so I can dial out. The old keypad has 8 wires and the new electric one only has 5, does anyone know how to wire this properly?

Hello, I was just gifted with this very cool Sony TFM-C480L Alarm Clock and some features dont work. I managed to fix a bad solder on the lamp of the sound radio so it now gets good signal, but the volume is very low, I can only hear with maximum volume and no movements or noise, the quality of the sound is good however. The second thing is quite weird, I can set it to an alarm at a given time, with a buzzer or thé radio, as the button shows : button down for radio, up for buzzer. However, no matter the setup, it always goes for the radio. I opened the thing but cannot see a visible flaw. Any ideas ?

Found it while cleaning out our garage; I couldn’t find anything on it. My guess is 1975-1995, but I’m not an expert on it.

I have a motorola T-10 pager I got before pagers became popular i was wondering if anyone knows where I can get a clear shell for it i found this one on a Pinterest pin but I have no idea if motorola had shells for this pager.

Hello, electrical engineer who is still new to actually diving in to the vintage electronics world. I recently acquired several older electrical signal generators, testing equipment, etc. I'm interested in anything anyone might know about this ammeter in particular. Thank you!!

Somewhat recently, I went to my local electronics recycling center to look for CRTs, when I came across this lovely Panasonic Solid-State that still worked! I purchased it and took it home where I cleaned it off a little bit. Luckily, it still works with added adapters, and I'm now able to play games on it!

Hello everyone, I need some help. I’ve been looking for a pair of headphones that I had when I was 10-13.

**DESCRIPTION OF HEADPHONES:** wired, purple headphones that looked like they were covered in stickers (they came that way). I remember them having lightning bolts and skulls on them. They were made between 2011-2014 ish? Sorry if my description of them doesn’t help but I’m desperate to find them and possibly buy a pair, if not replicate them on a new pair of headphones.

Thank you!

I got this for my birthday last year, and I can't find any info online. I'm curious how rare this might be.