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Philco Question... - Jamie - 09-17-2013
Did Philco ever make a radio with a tuning eye?
RE: Philco Question... - jerryhawthorne - 09-17-2013
Now that is a good question of which I don't know the answer but waiting for an experts answer. Perhaps it was the didn't want to pay the royalties to use the eye tube? Seems the only thing I have seen was the shadow meter.
Jerry
RE: Philco Question... - Radioroslyn - 09-17-2013
Don't think so they had thing called a Shadowgraph. Only use it up to '38
Terry
RE: Philco Question... - Ron Ramirez - 09-17-2013
No prewar USA-made Philco ever had a tuning eye. I don't think any postwar model did, either, but not 100% positive on that.
There were a few Philco radios made in the UK in the 1950s that have cathode-ray indicator tubes.
RE: Philco Question... - Jamie - 09-17-2013
Thanks guys. I'd like to get a radio with a tuning eye. I was hoping there was a Philco with one. I've got one with a shadowgraph.
RE: Philco Question... - Chuck Schwark - 09-18-2013
"Shadowgraph" is Zenith's term for this type of tuning indicator.
"Shadow Meter" is the correct term when referring to Philco tuning indicators of the moving vane type.
Chuck
RE: Philco Question... - Jamie - 09-18-2013
Thanks Chuck. I originally typed Shadowmeter, then changed it. For some reason I can't keep that straight..lol
RE: Philco Question... - Jim Dutridge - 09-19-2013
Question then. If Philco did not use a tuning eye tube then why did they put out tuning eye tubes with their name on them? I have 2 NOS ones.
RE: Philco Question... - Ron Ramirez - 09-19-2013
Philco was also a tube seller. All about the bottom line, my friend, all about the bottom line. They did not use tuning eye tubes in their radios, but if they could sell tuning eye tubes to repairmen, they were happy to do so...
RE: Philco Question... - Radioroslyn - 09-19-2013
Ooophs I thought it was a Shadowgraph. I learned something new today.
Tnx Chuck
Terry
RE: Philco Question... - TA Forbes - 09-20-2013
It never fails to amaze me, the amount of knowledge that Ron and Chuck have at their fingertips.
That is one of the reasons that this site and Chuck's site are the best.
