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Video of my electrically restored 1952 Motorola 52X
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01-23-2019, 02:47 PM
I left the cosmetic's alone because that is not my department.  Icon_lol This one took considerable work to make it live again replaced all the caps and resistors along with a 12BD6 tube, speaker, power switch and rubber tuning capacitor grommets no silver mica disease here. 

Sorry for the lack of tuning because there is not a great selection in the day time. Strange it uses a 12BD6 in place of the 12BA6.
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01-23-2019, 03:43 PM
sound is pretty good!!!
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05-04-2019, 07:05 AM
Nice!
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05-04-2019, 09:45 AM
Like the funky tuning indicator on the top. WSM Icon_thumbup

I have tried to pick up WSM up in Boston only to shut out all the time, used differing antenna, different sets, etc........

Enjoy.

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05-04-2019, 10:16 AM
"Strange it uses a 12BD6 in place of the 12BA6."



You're like me, . . . you got used to seeing the same 5 in the All-American-5 plastics tabletops, ( I could recite them by memory by the time I was 13), . . . then got bent out of shape when you discovered they weren't the original 5 !   Icon_crazy

Nice work bud.
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05-04-2019, 01:20 PM
I also like the odd tuning indicator, sounds good Jake...
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