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A Philco 50 has entered my collection.
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11-04-2013, 11:26 PM
I have a feeling that the 50 was somewhat of a loss leader, that they just offered them to say that they had an entry level model while intending to sell you up to a model 21 or 70. It's a TRF with only two RF amps, a detector tube, and a single ended 47 as well as an 80. On paper it should work all right, I've witnessed six tube TRFs that worked very well with basically the same tube count in the front end, but I haven't known of anyone who was that impressed with a Philco 50 in practice. I guess now you can restore it and find out.
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A Philco 50 has entered my collection. - by Jayce - 11-04-2013, 07:00 PM
RE: A Philco 50 has entered my collection. - by Arran - 11-04-2013, 11:26 PM



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