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Need help with a radio?
#1

Hello! Sorry if this is random or strange.

I recently lost a family member, and was given the radio pictured below as a gift. Nobody knows anything about it, and we were all curious what year/model/etc. it was? I imagine it's atleast 15+ years old. It still lights up, too. I haven't had much luck finding answers on google, so I'm hoping someone here can give us a clue!

Thank you very much in advance <3

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#2

hi ann
welcome
looks to be a 42-350
here in gallery 
http://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1942a/#Model_42-350T
sam

Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me. But until that day, accept this justice as a gift
mafiamen2
#3

Yup, that's what it looks like! Thank you so much!
#4

It's a bit older than 15 years old Icon_smile

If you intend to plug it n ever again, have a qualified person to servce it, don't power it up until you get it done.

People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
#5

Welcome to the Phorum!
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That 1942 set may still light up but it will probably not play, or if its playing now it won't for long. The capacitors in sets this old go bad but can be replaced. Wiring in sets between 1939 and 1942 often suffers from crumbling insulation so the chance for short circuits could be high without a restoration. Without restoring it electronically you should just enjoy the look of the set with it unplugged.
#6

Hi Ann and welcome,
The service info can be found here:  http://www.nostalgiaair.org/pagesbymodel...013523.pdf
You set covers the AM broadcast band, a short wave band, and what was known as the FM-50 band.
The FM-50 band is not the same as the FM band that is popular these days so it doesn't work so well
as modern FM receiver.

GL

When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
#7

That's a cool set, Anna! I hope you get someone to fix it up, they are lots of fun to listen to.

If you want to listen to more than just AM, some restorers can add in a bluetooth receiver, depending on a couple of things in your set. Just another option.

It looks well loved, but otherwise the cabinet is in really nice condition for the age.

Greg

"We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."




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