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What is your Pride & Joy radio? Owned or wanted...
palegreenthumb
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02-28-2014, 04:10 AM
Well... If it's not my Setchell Carlson 5110 AM/FM Jet (as stated in some similar thread recently), then it would definitely have to be...

My 1936 GE Colorama E-155. It's got all the bells and whistles... 5 band drum dial--LW, BC, 3xSW--dual IF, PP 6L6 output, 15 inch speaker, automatic dual-ratio tuning, AFC, noise limiter, the unique Colorama tuning feature, and other stuff.

I found the Jet on CL all by myself. But LedHed tipped me off to the Colorama, and I still owe him big time for that!


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RE: What is your Pride & Joy radio? Owned or wanted... - by palegreenthumb - 02-28-2014, 04:10 AM
RE: What is your Pride & Joy radio? Owned or wanted... - by MiquelonBrad - 03-27-2014, 12:10 AM



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