Johnson 250 Restoration

 This is another Johnson Messenger 250 I picked up at a yard sale. It was pretty dirty, and the mic looked like it was headed to the dump. I did a blog on the mic resto, but I'll throw the pics in here, too. 

The radio had a bad power switch, some off-freq crystals, a few hacks to undo, needed caps, and a full alignment. I also added an external speaker jack...these are odd in the way they switched the rx audio, so the ext speaker jack has to float above chassis ground.

In the end, it was another sweet piece of history saved from salvage. Here's a few pics...

Swan 500c Restoration

 This is another Swan 500C I restored. This was from around 1968, and other than being dirty, it was in decent condition. I gave it a good cleaning, painted the cover, and restored the electronics. I replaced the electrolytic caps, a few out-of-spec resistors, the lamps, cleaned the tube pins and sockets, tested the tubes (all were good!), serviced the controls and switches, and gave it an alignment. Its up and running like new! Here's a few pics...