[murf]

Hi Guy's,
Found a real nice Philco to add to my collection.
It's a model 16x console.
Did some reading on this one and they claim it was one of Philco's finest radio's.
Somewhat hard to find,although they sold alot of them.
Has an eleven tube chassis with a 15 lb. speaker.
Has a beautiful stock cabinet with the slanted speaker board and an enclosed speaker housing.
Guy I bought it from said it worked when he first bought it,but upon trying it recently he could not pick up any stations.
Maybe just a bad antenna wire or tube.

We'll see when I get it home.
What do you guy's think of this model?


Your right.The first thing I plan on doing is the caps.
Seeing as I only paid $65 for it,I can afford to put a little money into it.
Probably be asking you guy's for some help.
Keep you posted.
murf
Great forum,
murf

Sounds like a nice set, but it will not be a simple fix, the 16 and 116 series sets were large and considerably more complex then your typical AA5. Again I would like to correct this common misconception that if a radio quits working it must be "just a tube" or a "bad antenna wire", with few exceptions an old radio does not suddenly quit working because of a tube. Whether it worked when he first got it is inmaterial, it's like the used car ad that says "running when parked", when was it parked and why did you park it? I've heard that so many times when looking at a radio for sale, "Worked when I bought it", or the classic, "Probably just a tube", why make up stories or act like you know something when you don't? The last guy that I bought some sets from said they worked when he bought them, well if they worked when he bought them it must have been 40 years ago since the power cords were petrified and curled up inside. Eight times out of ten a failure is caused by leaky or shorted capacitors or a drifted or open resistor even failures in other parts are caused by leaky or shorted capacitors.
Regards
Arran