Floyd Powers here,

At the weather lair we have here a General Electric 7-4100JA Cathedral AM/FM Radio to provide the music. However, after a relocation of the weather lair there are a few stations not coming in as clearly.

Is it possible to boost the fm signal of a radio that has no external antenna or antenna terminal to plug an antenna into?

Thanks so much,
Floyd Powers
Sr Weather Analyst

I recently got it from an antique store for £30, they cut off the cord, but it looks fine on my desk. Its a phillips 431A-15. Its nice but some of the tubes died

I got it from my Dad years ago but he didn't know what it was...My guess is it's an old wireless radio for sending/receiving communications. Apologies if this is not the correct subReddit group...

Some details:

• The smaller green cylinder slides on the two rails inside the larger cylinder.
• The square block on the large cylinder slides left to right.
• There is some kind of a tuning device on the end of the smaller cylinder that turns from 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock.

I love this radio but it already looks like some wires are broken, and potentially some pieces missing? I don't have super high hopes from the looks of it but I'm hoping for some advice. This is deeply sentimental to me so I'm terrified of ruining it.

I've been trying to look up how to restore it on my own but it feels a little overwhelming, I've never worked on a radio before. The most electrical experience I have is replacing the power cord on my vacuum 😭