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Rescued a Courier

Radioroslyn
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07-02-2015, 05:52 PM

>Our old Courier had the "Kylectron" Electrostatic speaker in it, and lasted until around 1934. I was always afraid of that >set, because if you advanced the volume too much, you could see sparks thru the speaker grille cloth.

Now that's my kind of radio!!!
I love perverse sets!! I'm going to fix a few this weekend!
Great story!

Terry

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Rescued a Courier - by Jayce - 06-08-2015, 08:46 PM

RE: Rescued a Courier - by Doug Houston - 07-01-2015, 11:59 PM

RE: Rescued a Courier - by OldRestorer - 07-02-2015, 08:44 AM

RE: Rescued a Courier - by morzh - 07-02-2015, 09:08 AM

RE: Rescued a Courier - by Radioroslyn - 07-02-2015, 05:52 PM

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