04-12-2026, 02:34 PM
If the resolve is there, sure.
On one hand, 40-180 is not exactly very popular. It was the starter of that series.
On the otehr hand, yes, 1940 line has at least one advantage: the bezel is brass, not tenite, and so could be in good shape. Plus replicated buttoms and such are available from RadioDaze.
Also, a radio could be a family heirloom or has some history that makes it worthy.
And then, of course, any radio that is not a total junk (which happens; this is why we have that bonfire pit in Kutztown, and lite it twice a year) deserves a home.
As for the transformer, especially tested with dim bulb, it's being dead requires proof before it is tossed; this is why I suggested that sequence of actions. To make sure the patient is rather dead than alive.
On one hand, 40-180 is not exactly very popular. It was the starter of that series.
On the otehr hand, yes, 1940 line has at least one advantage: the bezel is brass, not tenite, and so could be in good shape. Plus replicated buttoms and such are available from RadioDaze.
Also, a radio could be a family heirloom or has some history that makes it worthy.
And then, of course, any radio that is not a total junk (which happens; this is why we have that bonfire pit in Kutztown, and lite it twice a year) deserves a home.
As for the transformer, especially tested with dim bulb, it's being dead requires proof before it is tossed; this is why I suggested that sequence of actions. To make sure the patient is rather dead than alive.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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