Motorola 77X-M22 - Printable Version
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Motorola 77X-M22 - Bob Andersen - 11-22-2013
I could resist hitting the $39 BIN on this blonde AM/FM Motorola circa 1948.
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It's been partially recapped in the recent past judging by the caps used. It works fine on AM but only got sound for one brief instance on FM. Wonder why they didn't replace all the paper caps ?
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Not only does it look nice on it's own, it's also a great match with my 1948 blonde VT-71
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RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - Joe Rossi - 11-22-2013
Congrats Bob! A real beauty.
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - Bob Andersen - 11-22-2013
Thanks. I'm amazed at how nice the plastic dial is - no warping at all
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RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - VntgRads - 11-22-2013
That is one NICE unit! The design, clean condition, and it being AM/FM would have me hitting the "buy me now" button also. Very cool radio! Thanks for showing us.
Craig R.
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - PhilcoMike - 11-22-2013
Does that have the permability tuning?
Great looking radio!
Mike
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - Bob Andersen - 11-22-2013
Yes, for the FM band there are three ganged slugs that move in and out of coils. Here's a closer look.
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Finally, here it is powered up. Turns out the FM band works fine. Problem was I had the variac turned down to 105 VAC
Brought it up to 117 and the FM started working fine.[Image: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5535/11000235733_aebe5a4ab5_c.jpg]
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - Geoff - 11-23-2013
Great find Bob, looks like a really nice radio!
- Geoff
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - TA Forbes - 11-23-2013
Not my cup of tea, but a neat set! I especially liked the TV and radio together.
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - TA Forbes - 11-23-2013
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Blond-Wooden-Motorola-65T21-Tube-Shortwave-Standard-Broadcast-Radio-/390707586093?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5af7fca42d
Bob- here is another one for you....
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - Bob Andersen - 11-23-2013
I have that radio in Mahogany, but a blonde would be nice too.
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RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - TA Forbes - 11-25-2013
Ya know, they ARE pretty neat lookin'........
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - Arran - 11-25-2013
Since it's a post war set the chances are that they used an improved plastic for the dial so warping an shrinkage is less of a possibility. You see this with pre war verses post war Philco sets that used that rectangular combination dial escutcheon and speaker grille, the post war ones do not shrink, crack, or warp unless abused.
Regards
Arran
RE: Motorola 77X-M22 - philconerd - 11-25-2013
Bob
Interesting that you included the photo of the 56T21 here. It reminded me that I also have one of those in Walnut and one in Blonde. I should probably dispose of the Blonde model sometime.
G.