This RCA Victor Model 103 radio is from the mid 1930s that needed an electronic restoration and some cabinet touch up. Three of the four tubes were defective or shorted. I was a little concerned before the restoration was started that there might be a bad transformer. I saw evidence of some overheating. All capacitors and some out of spec resistors were replaced. When I finished the restoration, the radio started right up and was receiving radio signals.
There is a standard AM Broadcast and Shortwave band. There are very few Shortwave broadcasts today so the Shortwave band will not be very useful.
I restored the cabinet finish to remove scuffs and scratches using a finish restoration product. The speaker grill and tuning dial scale have been replaced.
This RCA Victor Model 103 is like many of the 1930s in that the “volume” control is really an RF gain control and not an audio volume control. I guess there was some advantage in those days to use an RF Gain control, but I don’t know what that would be.
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Dan,
Thank you for getting this radio up and running! It looks great and sounds great!