02-17-2018, 03:41 PM
>since my understanding is that the leading digit of the model number identifies the tube count, and he lists it as a 76, yet states it has 8 tubes. Or is that possible?
Sorry I wasn't paying attention! That is an 87 chassis . Pretty much all the others have screen grid tubes (24A) which have grid caps. This one has 26's also the sets that use the 24A's have a large tube shield that's fitted to the chassis like the one that PhilcoPhan's set has. On the 87 the ant/gnd connector is near the spkr plug, on the 76 it's over by the power supply.
Yes under the tuning knob should have a small knob to rotate the off/on switch. This one has a ball switch to replace it. I'm thinking that the hole has been enlarged to make this changeover.
Happy hunting!
ps Ron's a faster typer than I!
Sorry I wasn't paying attention! That is an 87 chassis . Pretty much all the others have screen grid tubes (24A) which have grid caps. This one has 26's also the sets that use the 24A's have a large tube shield that's fitted to the chassis like the one that PhilcoPhan's set has. On the 87 the ant/gnd connector is near the spkr plug, on the 76 it's over by the power supply.
Yes under the tuning knob should have a small knob to rotate the off/on switch. This one has a ball switch to replace it. I'm thinking that the hole has been enlarged to make this changeover.
Happy hunting!
ps Ron's a faster typer than I!
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
