Trash Find: Westinghouse H-669T5 Clock/Radio

[Solid_State]

Yeah this is only my second tubed radio. I am not a very good at soldering so I can not really do a restore

Also it looks like the wires are soldered to the antenna on the back

What is that gunk on the wires? I tried to get a clear picture but I could not
the wires are not cloth covered but covered in a type of plastic insulation

I once found (also a trash find) a Dynaco DynaTuner FM-1 and a Dynaco PAS but I sold those on eBay

[EdKozk2]

That gunk on the antenna wires could be old grease from the clock motor dripping over the years.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by EdKozk2

That gunk on the antenna wires could be old grease from the clock motor dripping over the years.

The radio's about 55 yo. It's probably plasticizer leaching from the insulation. That nastyness can be cleaned up with a solvent like brake cleaner.
Is the clock running? If not, it's probably grease hardened up in the rotor, the copper colored part in the clock assembly.
Look up "Telechron" on the internet.

[Solid_State]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

The radio's about 55 yo. It's probably plasticizer leaching from the insulation. That nastyness can be cleaned up with a solvent like brake cleaner.
Is the clock running? If not, it's probably grease hardened up in the rotor, the copper colored part in the clock assembly.
Look up "Telechron" on the internet.

Yes the clock runs. I always loved the type of clocks that have a "sweeping" second hand as opposed to the "Tick Tick Tick" every second as battery powered clocks do.

The radio also works it is filthy inside but looks to not had much use. It picks up a few New York AM stations and I believe one Connecticut station

600KHZ 660KHZ and 880KHZ (as checked on a digital tuned radio) I am in the Trumbull, CT area I don't even know the names of the stations I am picking up

I am more of into modern/semi-modern Solid State stuff (Hence my user name) if anything I am keeping it just for the clock

[jr_tech]

This might help id the stations:

http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/loc...req=&sort=freq

jr