DKE 38 restoration

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I long while back I agreed to take a look at this German radio from 1938.
Not the sort of thing I usually work on that's for sure!

The owner said it had been working but is stone dead now. I think it was dropped ?

The bakelite cabinet is in great shape and it has the original grille cloth and back.




It had been recapped sometime in the past. Looks like the big caps were crudely restuffed, but I have no idea what with.




The owner included a spare chassis and odd looking VCL11 triode/beam power tube substitute.




More on the original VCL11 tube here: http://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_vcl11.html


Phil Nelson did a great write up on this model:
https://antiqueradio.org/KleinempfaengerDKE38.htm