telefunken: 2417VK; Super

A couple of nights ago replaced some of the paper caps by Italian-made ICEL capacitors I bought from a local vendor here in Helsinki. Can't stop wondering at how much smaller the capacitors are nowadays than they were 60+ years ago.

Today I received a nice pair of EBL21 from a friendly seller in the Netherlands (one tube will go to the set of spare parts for this radio). Replaced the AF output tube, and got more signs of life. The AF responds nicely, the volume control is apparently good. Judging by the noice coming from the speaker, I will have to thoroughly clean the sockets, though. Other than that, the project seems to be going well.

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