if they need replacing, you will be able to get to them now that the radio is opened up. their are two light bulbs located behind the "eight transistor" sign that light the dial from the bottom up. with the radio on, push the white "lite" button next to the volume control. since your radio is powered up go ahead and check the dial lamps. to a non geek, this radio is busted and thus sold for cheap on ebay. the battery box was all corroded so there was no contact being made when somebody tried to install fresh batteries in it. turns out my radio got laid up not because it had a circuit issue, it was because of the battery leakage. the old caps probably needed to come to life before the juice once again flowed. it took about 30 seconds but then the radio came to life. i set my power supply for 6vdc and powered up. almost all antique AM transistor radios will work on voltages a few volts lower than they were designed for. how many cells did this radio originally use? it used (6) 1.5v batteries. as we saw earlier, red is + and green is - on the battery compartment leads. if you have a variable DC supply, this is a good chance to see if your radio works at all. once you gain experience, you'll know which way to support the chassis so nothing is damaged. it's best to lay the radio on a towel folded over as a cushion until you learn to recognize what's delicate in these old radios. in pic 4 you see the chassis free and clear to work on. you will need to de-solder the battery compartment wires to liberate the back cover from the chassis. the green is negative and the red is postive and labeled as such on the battery compartment terminals if you look closely to where they are soldered (pic 3 shows them already de-soldered). the back cover will come off but be careful as it will be connected to the radio chassis via two wires. flip it over and you will see two philips head screws that hold the back cover on (pic 1), remove them (pic 2). some repairs can actually take away from the collector value. ![]() it's important to asses whether you want to restore or just repair. i wanted to get it working and useable again. i wanted one i could take outdoors with me and not be too worried about it getting scuffed or bumped around in the car. 1) the chrome is pitted in some places 2) the knobs are incorrect, these look like they came off a 70's era ford automobile 3) the battery compartment had extensive battery acid damage (a common problem with old radios) 4) the battery door had a broken latch (another common flaw on this model) restore or repair? considering the price paid and the flaws, i decided to repair this radio back to operating condition. this radio came with the following issues. a little work brings most old transistor radios back to life. it had some cosmetic issues and was deemed as broken by the seller. from General Electric Co.I had been hunting one of these for a while and snagged one on ebay for what i considered to be a very fair price. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.Īll listed radios etc. Here you find 2860 models, 2083 with images and 2000 with schematics for wireless sets etc. See "Data change" for further contributors. Model page created by a member from A.General Electric Service Notes (General Electric Radio Service Guide Volume IV 1961 to 1963 pages 20, 21). ![]() ![]() Normal size resistors and capacitors are used (similar to sizes used in tube radio's). Uses Qty(5) large TO5 transistors, with audio output transistor operating as a Class A amplifier directly driving the speaker. One of several contemporary GE transistor radio models do employ this kind of speaker which was originally used in the 1920's because of it's high efficiency and high impedance. Has high impedance speaker with reed suspended between pole pieces, drives paper cone with a stylus, and is directly driven by a single ended collector, without an audio output transformer. The P809E is part of the following family of models: Model Has earphone jack that disconnects the speaker for private listening. The AM band frequency tuning range is 540 to 1600kHz. The General Electric P809E is a battery operated portable AM receiver. ![]() Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) Magnetic loudspeaker (reed) of high quality (free mooving - only possible past 1931).Superheterodyne (common) ZF/IF 455 kHz.
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