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Model 41-788 Tropic
Ron Ramirez
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11-07-2007, 06:45 PM
Ten days ago, this radio was listed on our favorite online auction site.

http://cgi.ebay.com/300166115504

The BIN was very reasonable, but there was a caveat: Pickup only!

So I made a few inquiries, and found someone who was willing to pick the set up, box it up, and send to me. Once that was done, I jumped all over it! Icon_biggrin

Today, it arrived here.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...41-788.jpg]

This radio is HUGE! It is about the same size as those 1950s European radios and uses eleven tubes. One could consider it a successor to the 116B, five years after the fact. It is much larger than the 55T I used to own (Canadian equivalent to the USA Philco-Tropic 42-760).

I want to publicly thank a fellow radio collector and Phorum member in Richmond for making this acquisition possible. I cannot adequately express my appreciation for his kindness in packing and shipping this otherwise "pickup only" radio. There are a lot of great people in this hobby (and in this Phorum!), and this gentleman is certainly one of those. (I'll leave him anonymous as I do not know if he would want me to mention his name in a public forum.) THANK YOU!!!
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
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Model 41-788 Tropic - by Ron Ramirez - 11-07-2007, 06:45 PM
[No subject] - by Texasrocker - 11-07-2007, 11:35 PM
[No subject] - by BDM - 11-09-2007, 01:05 AM
[No subject] - by Drew - 11-09-2007, 07:09 AM
[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 11-10-2007, 10:50 PM



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