Radio Star Starlet of 1949
The fun I had with the
Radio Star
Starlet 30 forced me to look for another one. This little thing is a
"Starlet", the dial scale is the old one before Copenhagen 1950, so it
is the model "Starlet" of 1949. The case is made from steel and covered
with brown leather.
The Starlet has 4 bands (short wave is spread in 2 bands):
| GO (grandes ondes) | long wave | 1.150 - 2.000 m |
| PO (petites ondes) | medium wave | 175 - 590 m |
| OC 1 (ondes courtes) | short wave | 16 - 27 m |
| OC 2 (ondes courtes) | short wave | 28 - 51 m |
The Starlet is using Rimlock tubes:
| heater voltage | ||
| UCH41 | 14V | Oscillator |
| HF121
( = UF41 ) |
12.6V |
I.F. |
| D121
( = UAF41 ) |
12.6V |
A.F. |
| UL41 | 45V | Power Amplifier |
| UY41 | 31V | Rectifier |
Condition of this radio was - as usual for a Starlet - bad. Equipped with 5 tubes heated by line voltage the heat conditions in the small metal case is horrible, so the life of the capacitors is dramatically decreased. Interesting enough the chassis is totally different from the Starlet 30 chassis. So all the caps and some of the resistors were replaced.
Initial condition:
top view of case and chassis. Both big power supply electrolytics are
really cooked. |
Top view with new power supply caps: |
| After restoration:
side view of chassis. From left: variable cap, RF-filter unit, UAF41
tube, and at the right side UL41 |
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Heavily damaged speaker (right of it is UCH41) restored with pieces of thick paper:
Bottom view of the restored unit:
