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11-15-2019, 06:15 AM
Just inherited this from a family friend. Trying to figure out the model and year. Looked through the gallery and couldn't seem to find an identical match.
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11-15-2019, 08:19 AM
Hi,

Can you post a photo, please?
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11-15-2019, 09:19 AM
It's a Philco 620..
Do I win?

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11-15-2019, 12:51 PM
Welcome to the Phorum!
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Here's a link on posting photos: https://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=29

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Yes Kirk...I think you win!
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11-15-2019, 01:40 PM
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11-15-2019, 03:56 PM
Having trouble posting attachments...no idea why. It allows me to choose the photo and when I post it the photo doesn't show up. Suggestions? 
Was hoping there was a model number or something printed onto the radio that I wasn't seeing. Lol
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11-15-2019, 03:59 PM
Please read the link Bob posted again, carefully. Also see this link:

https://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/showt...p?tid=4407
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11-20-2019, 08:57 AM
Test...hopefully this works Icon_smile

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11-20-2019, 09:09 AM
here...


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11-20-2019, 09:39 AM
I'm leaning towards a 640 or 650B but can't tell the difference w/o seeing the back.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

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11-20-2019, 09:39 AM
Thanks!

Here's the back.

https://postimg.cc/MMp1Zkf7
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11-20-2019, 12:30 PM
Congratulations you've got a 650B!
https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1936a/#Model_650B
Here's the services info: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/pagesbymodel...013824.pdf
A cleaner schematic can be found here: https://philcoradio.com/library/download...l.%201.pdf
Was built in the Spring of 1935 till Spring of 1936 for the 1936 model year.
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ps If you are wondering about the bandswitch knob it is a Philco and sporadically used in 1936 only.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!

Terry
(This post was last modified: 11-20-2019, 01:08 PM by Radioroslyn.)
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