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Pictures of blue tube in model 70 and cord question - Music in a bottle - 07-08-2009

Question. View my photos and tell me if my cord end is original or no. I added a front and rear shot also. What do you make of the blue tube? I couldn't upload photo anywhere except craigs and e bay. Stupidness for sure but here's my radio on craigs http://spokane.craigslist.org/wan/1260597946.html Sorry, It's the only way I could get them to where you could see them!

Re: Pictures of blue tube in model 70 and cord question - Chuck Schwark - 07-09-2009

A typical Arcturus brand tube. Original must have been replaces at one time. Arcturus made blue tinted glass tubes.
Nothing special electronically or mechanical, just tinted glass as a marketing tool.
They do look cool in a breadbord type set where al lthe tubes are visible.

Chuck

Re: Pictures of blue tube in model 70 and cord question - Ron Ramirez - 07-09-2009

I assume you mean the AC plug, Chris? Yes, that does look original.

Please see these Phorum pages explaining how to add pictures to your posts here.

http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=29
http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=4371

Photobucket is free and very easy to use. Please give it some thought...it would be better than posting ads on Craigslist, I think. Just a suggestion and I do not mean to be critical in any way. Icon_smile

Re: Pictures of blue tube in model 70 and cord question - Music in a bottle - 07-10-2009

I try to put pictures on Audio Karma, ARF Philco radio forum FlickR and photo bucket, all of which decline my photos by stating "invalid file" But I can post on e bay and craigslist! I know it's stupid and I don't get it. I just wanted to share pictures of one of my radios. That AC cord end is super cool by the way, as is that blue tube, especially when it glows!

Re: Pictures of blue tube in model 70 and cord question - Ron Ramirez - 07-10-2009

Okay, what sort of pictures do you have? JPG, GIF, TIF, or some other picture format? (You can determine this by looking at the picture file and seeing what the extension is; i.e. "picture.jpg")

JPG will be the most commonly used format for photos, even though it is a "lossy" format.

Let me know...

Ron

Re: Pictures of blue tube in model 70 and cord question - Music in a bottle - 07-10-2009

Ron, my pictures are of the JPG format.

Re: Pictures of blue tube in model 70. What do you think? - Music in a bottle - 07-13-2009

I know, it's just a model 7o, but they sure are cool aren't they? I love the simplicity.

Re: Pictures of blue tube in model 70 and cord question - Ron Ramirez - 07-13-2009

Music, send me one of the pictures in question so that I may check it out.

mr.philco AT yahoo DOT com

Re: Pictures of blue tube in model 70 and cord question - Music in a bottle - 07-17-2009

Ron, I sent 2 pictures twice, several days ago. Icon_eek Did you get them?