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Ron's 53-960

Ron Ramirez
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11-16-2014, 09:31 PM

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[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00001.jpg]

My Philco 53-960. That's just the empty cabinet; here's the chassis.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...e00003.jpg]

I'm on a Tropic kick lately; I've decided to get as many of my Philco Tropic (and Tropic-like) sets going as I can while I have lots of free time to do so.

The 53-960's roots lie in its nine-year-older ancestor, the 42-760 Tropic. The main difference between the two is the addition of a "49 meter band" which actually covers the 49 and 41 meter bands. Plus, the 53-960 has a separate radio-phono switch; switching to phono mode is part of the function of the band switch in the earlier Tropic versions.

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Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-16-2014, 09:31 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-16-2014, 09:36 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-16-2014, 09:40 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by KCMike - 11-16-2014, 09:45 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-18-2014, 06:04 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by KCMike - 11-18-2014, 06:29 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 11-18-2014, 08:45 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Arran - 11-19-2014, 05:52 AM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-19-2014, 08:15 AM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-19-2014, 10:07 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-19-2014, 10:17 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by KCMike - 11-19-2014, 11:07 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Kekoa - 11-19-2014, 11:20 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Arran - 11-20-2014, 02:52 AM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-20-2014, 10:26 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Arran - 11-22-2014, 05:11 AM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by KCMike - 11-20-2014, 10:57 PM

RE: Ron's 53-960 - by Ron Ramirez - 11-20-2014, 11:04 PM

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