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An 84B followed me home!
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This is the radio that I was supposed to get two months ago, but that deal fell through. Well, I had something the guy wanted more and since this radio had failed to sell at his store, I did an even trade for it. Basically, I traded a $40 (repaired) 45-player for this repaired 84B that he had been trying to sell for $125. Plays really good and has joined the 37-84 in my bedroom. Only issue I had was it would play for 15-20 minutes and then slowly go silent before coming back on. Turned out the filament in the 42 was going out for some reason. I tossed in an untested 42 I bought for 50 cents at a sale and it now works fine. For some odd reason, these little Philco cathedrals are the only 4 tube radios that will work at my place with what antenna I can muster. I wonder why they do better than other makes?

   

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An 84B followed me home! - by Jayce - 10-15-2013, 06:54 PM
RE: An 84B followed me home! - by Steve Davis - 10-15-2013, 07:24 PM
RE: An 84B followed me home! - by Jayce - 10-16-2013, 03:54 PM
RE: An 84B followed me home! - by Jamie - 10-16-2013, 06:20 PM
RE: An 84B followed me home! - by jerryhawthorne - 10-16-2013, 06:28 PM
RE: An 84B followed me home! - by Jayce - 10-16-2013, 06:56 PM
RE: An 84B followed me home! - by Mondial - 10-16-2013, 10:27 PM
RE: An 84B followed me home! - by Jayce - 10-16-2013, 11:08 PM



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