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1942 Philco 400
#1

After fighting with myself for the last month, I rearranged the cellar again and made enough room for the Philco 42-400. I went and got it today. I brought three radios with me to try and do some trading to get the price down. He also has a grandmother clock that needs some help so I brought that back also to work on. At this point no $$ has changed hands so I am happy!!
Here are some pics:
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I have done a polish on the cabinet and it doesn't look too bad. I need to pull the speaker board to get the bottom of the louvers good and clean.The chassis is absolutely filthy, BUT remarkably the wiring is in excellent condition. According to paper labels on the tubes and chassis this was actually serviced here in Claremont by Hodge Radio and TV repair in 1948. The place still stands where the shop was.

I do have a question.....the dial lights and the cabinet lights are not the same. two are 44's and two are 47's. The Philco RMS book only lists one part number for both, so should they be 44 or 47?

It's a GOOD DAY Icon_biggrin
#2

I'd go with the 47's as they draw a little less current 150ma verses 250ma.
Terry

When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
#3

Very nice set. I bought mine from friends who replaced it with a 49-1075 phono-TV-radio combo. The 42-400 was the top radio, and mine was the first radio I heard FM on. It's been in my bedroom all the time I've owned it. I think that the push buttons on it now, are the third set on the radio.

You'll like it once it's up and going. Mine needs re-cap (of course).
#4

One thing I found unusual is the dial glass is lettered on BOTH sides. White on the underside and orange on the top. I have never seen this before. It took a llooooonnnggg time and a ton of Q-tips to clean that up as it was filthy.

This unit is going to present some challenges as I get "sound" from the speaker when turning the volume control or tuning dial, but no stations. So far I have only replaced the electrolytics.

Gene
#5

Hey Gene,
Congrats, that's a very nice set. Hard to find anything that nice here in the deep south.
I'm interested in that loop antenna - would you mind taking some measurements for me, maybe a picture of the top section?
I've built a few reproduction loops and thinking of building one like this.
Best wishes,
-Sam T.
#6

Thanks Sam!
The antenna measures 12" wide by 16" long by 2 1/16" deep. These are the measurements of what appears to be formed 1/16" copper rods excluding the top and bottom mounts which are wood. Hope this will help.

Gene
#7

Nice set Gene! My first was the predecessor to that one, a 41-300. It should be a great sounding set. Congrats again.

Glenn
#8

The 42-400 is a wonderful sounding set. You're getting my excited about getting mine up and running again.
#9

Thanks Glenn! There is a 41-300 not too far from me in an antique place. Unfortunately the dealer didn't put anything on the top of the radio to protect it and kept displaying items on it. Now the whole top needs to be redone as it is scratched up something terrible. $95. I probably should have snagged it when it first got there and was is nice shape. Icon_sad

Doug, I will post some pics if I can figure out why I get no stations. So far all I can see is one resistor that is going to be a bear to replace that looks cracked. Plus I haven't done the paper caps yet either.

Gene
#10

That looks like pretty much the same chassis and circuit that is in my 42-1015 except for the audio output tubes. It is a great performer and has really good noise rejection on AM. I live in an area where AM reception is not that great and it pulls in AM stations all over the dial. You will have a bunch of rubber wire to replace, about 60 feet if I remember right.

Sean
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