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Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - morzh - 03-21-2016

Does anyone make them? If yes what would the price be like?

RE: Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - Arran - 03-22-2016

 Radio Daze can recreate dials but if they don't normally stock one it can get expensive for them to reproduce just a one off, I'm not sure if anyone else can recreate glass dials though.
Regards
Arran

RE: Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - morzh - 03-22-2016

They don't stock those for 40s multyband Tropics. Considering stock items being about 30 bucks, custom can get to a 100 easily.

RE: Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - Radioroslyn - 03-22-2016

Do the have the broken one? If so you might be able to make one with some plastic and a transparency.

Terry

RE: Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - Warren - 03-22-2016

Radio Daze dos make glass dials for you. I had them make one for the 47-1230 I repaired. It was only $30.00 and now they have another dial they can sell to others too. That's how I put it to them when I asked if they would make it. I would try them, they might want to make it just so they can sell to others too.

RE: Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - Ron Ramirez - 03-23-2016

Mike (morzh)

Isn't it a glass dial for a 53-960 that you need? Different than a 42-760...the 53-960 has an additional 49m spread band which the 42 model does not have.

Anyway...

I have a spare dial from a 53-960, and the glass is not broken. Yours if you want it. Let me know.

RE: Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - morzh - 03-23-2016

Ron

Yes you are right, I tried to find the radio in the Tropics gallery and could not, so I thought that what it was. I comp!etely forgot that the model was shown in the topic in Online selling. Old-timers condition. You know. But they do look similar except 4 knobs vs 5....10 years and little change in looks.

Yes I want it, thanks! Really appreciate the generosity.

RE: Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - Ron Ramirez - 03-24-2016

I'll bring it to K-town...that way the shipping goons won't have a chance to break it.

RE: Dial glass for a tropic 42-760 - morzh - 03-24-2016

Yep, that was what I was going to propose. I don't need it right now and, I think, this radio (claimed to play) will see the recap possibly within a year.