11-08-2010, 06:03 PM
Thanks for letting me join this forum. My neighbor was cleaning out her house prior to selling it and found an old Philco radio in the basement. Apparently her father had attempted to "antique" the cabinet and failed. She offered me the radio and is in the process of doing a proper refinishing on the cabinet. So all I have right now is the chassis (no speaker or face plate). Fortunately, she had a copy of Ron Ramirez' book "Philco Radio1928-1942", and I was able to identify the model from the tube compliment - the printing on the back of the chassis was so faint it could not be read.
Aside from the need to replace many of the original capacitors, resistors, and line cord, there are no obvious problems. It is missing the 6A7 tube, and I don't know how much trouble that will be to replace. The dial cord is in excellent condition, but the station pre-selector switch gang needs some serious cleaning and gentle lubrication - the buttons are very stiff. I freely admit that I am not much of an electronic technician, but I am a very good mechanic and worked for HP wiring the old 202 series AM/FM generators back in the '60s. So I know how to solder. :-)
This is my first truly antique radio, but I have been puttering with older electronics for the last 50+ years. Images of this radio can be seen at: http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/philco-radio/ and images of my other electronic gear can be seen at: http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/old-electronics-and/
Any advice, suggestions, thoughts would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has a digital copy of the operating instructions and/or schematic, I think that might be very useful going forward.
Mike
Aside from the need to replace many of the original capacitors, resistors, and line cord, there are no obvious problems. It is missing the 6A7 tube, and I don't know how much trouble that will be to replace. The dial cord is in excellent condition, but the station pre-selector switch gang needs some serious cleaning and gentle lubrication - the buttons are very stiff. I freely admit that I am not much of an electronic technician, but I am a very good mechanic and worked for HP wiring the old 202 series AM/FM generators back in the '60s. So I know how to solder. :-)
This is my first truly antique radio, but I have been puttering with older electronics for the last 50+ years. Images of this radio can be seen at: http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/philco-radio/ and images of my other electronic gear can be seen at: http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/old-electronics-and/
Any advice, suggestions, thoughts would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has a digital copy of the operating instructions and/or schematic, I think that might be very useful going forward.
Mike
