[Ron Ramirez]

Now, looking through the many, many radios at the show, I saw several things I liked, but I kept talking myself out of them. One of the best things I saw on Friday morning was an AK 10 breadboard, with a set of (dud) brass base, tip-top UV201 tubes and an AK horn speaker - $1000, and worth it, I thought. It wasn't there Saturday morning.

I did buy a Rider Chanalyst, the early Service Instruments version, not the later RCA version. It came with the manual and test prods.

And while in my hotel room, perusing the craigslist ads, I found a Philco 37-670 console, cheap. I bought it, removed the chassis, speaker, knobs and escutcheon, and donated the cabinet which helped provide the Friday evening entertainment. (Yes, the flame, the roast, the bonfire.)

Debbie picked up another Arvin for her collection.

I'll post pictures of those later.

But what I consider my coolest "score" after the 200X and 39-770 was this 42-1015.

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I really didn't think we had room for this monster. I even called my friends Terry Layman and John (Eliot) to see if they wouldn't mind taking a few of my table model sets back, for me to pick up later. But as it turned out, Debbie and I were able to rearrange everything enough so that the 1015 fit inside the Excursion.

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You don't see the 39-770 cabinet in this photo - it rode home on top of a large cooler which is behind the front passenger seat.

And you also do not see the vintage end table we found in an antique mall in Columbus, Ohio on the way home - it rode home on top of the 200X which was adequately protected with blankets.

But back to the 42-1015:

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Having never seen one in person, I had always imagined it would be as large as a 41-616 or 42-1016, but it is smaller. Which is good - my 41-616 is a monster!

So, yes, we had a great time and made some good deals. Now, I am looking through my collection and deciding which radios will be the next to leave, to make room for these new acquisitions.