I stumbled upon this today during a spur of the moment visit to a local antique shop. It is all complete, has usable tubes and I snatched it up for $65. I actually had it working a bit on reduced power and pulled in some stations before the power supply box started to gurgle and make nasty smells from the tar. So, it will need some work, but it's the most complete AK table unit of this type I have ever run across, and the cheapest when you count all that is there.
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WOW, WOW, WOW! What a super spectacular find!!! I think my next radio will be something like this. (And then I'll go bother some other poor souls on the other sites.
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A-K's are darn good radios, and SUPER easy to work on, too. I've had several 55 and 60 sets, plus a 40 and I believe a 36. I think A-K were the first to use 8 ohm speakers (of course with a field coil, but if you bypass that on the chassis with a ~1000 ohm 10 watt resistor, you can directly connect a modern 8 ohm speaker.
Nice set and an especially nice price!
Not sure about your 44, but my 42 has a power-pack that is sealed in "tar." I suspect that it would be a booger to work on.
For me, it is always a thrill to get one of these '20s sets playing!!!
This radio has the power-pack sealed in tar as well. Seems typical of about all these metal case AK table sets.