The PHILCO Phorum

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It was in poor condition, no grill cloth, bad finish decay, chipping veneer, broken dial glass, etc. when I was picking up a Truetone D1952 console I had bought.

What caught my eye (other than the very small chassis/very tall cabinet with inclined dial board) was what appears to be AM and longwave only dial coverage.

http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1939a.htm#ae

Anyone familiar with this one? Sorry no photos, didn't have the time or a camera handy.

More on the non-Philco radio later.

Thanks,

Mike

P.S.

Found out a little more about it today. Looks like this was a farm style battery powered console. Strange, but that fits for where I saw it. No interest in it and it showed up on CL today it looks like:

http://greensboro.craigslist.org/ele/3638604095.html
That's not longwave, it's the AM band in meters wavelength.
Brenda,

Thanks for the clarification. I should have figured that out rather than glanced at it. First time I can recall seeing that feature.

Mike