11-07-2007, 06:45 PM
Ten days ago, this radio was listed on our favorite online auction site.
http://cgi.ebay.com/300166115504
The BIN was very reasonable, but there was a caveat: Pickup only!
So I made a few inquiries, and found someone who was willing to pick the set up, box it up, and send to me. Once that was done, I jumped all over it!
Today, it arrived here.
This radio is HUGE! It is about the same size as those 1950s European radios and uses eleven tubes. One could consider it a successor to the 116B, five years after the fact. It is much larger than the 55T I used to own (Canadian equivalent to the USA Philco-Tropic 42-760).
I want to publicly thank a fellow radio collector and Phorum member in Richmond for making this acquisition possible. I cannot adequately express my appreciation for his kindness in packing and shipping this otherwise "pickup only" radio. There are a lot of great people in this hobby (and in this Phorum!), and this gentleman is certainly one of those. (I'll leave him anonymous as I do not know if he would want me to mention his name in a public forum.) THANK YOU!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/300166115504
The BIN was very reasonable, but there was a caveat: Pickup only!
So I made a few inquiries, and found someone who was willing to pick the set up, box it up, and send to me. Once that was done, I jumped all over it!
Today, it arrived here.
This radio is HUGE! It is about the same size as those 1950s European radios and uses eleven tubes. One could consider it a successor to the 116B, five years after the fact. It is much larger than the 55T I used to own (Canadian equivalent to the USA Philco-Tropic 42-760).
I want to publicly thank a fellow radio collector and Phorum member in Richmond for making this acquisition possible. I cannot adequately express my appreciation for his kindness in packing and shipping this otherwise "pickup only" radio. There are a lot of great people in this hobby (and in this Phorum!), and this gentleman is certainly one of those. (I'll leave him anonymous as I do not know if he would want me to mention his name in a public forum.) THANK YOU!!!