Philco Model 650X Dial Light Mask - Is There One? - Printable Version
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Philco Model 650X Dial Light Mask - Is There One? - LarryFS - 02-19-2018
Greetings to the phorum! I've lurked here for awhile and have been greatly helped by posts from various individuals. I'm working on a Philco 650X and note that it doesn't have a mask for the dial light. The radio has four bands and the four backlit dial pointers are all visible no matter which band is selected. I read Ron Ramirez's post on the restoration of a Model 655B* and saw the linkage and mask that radio uses to only show the backlit dial pointer for the band selected. Does the 650X not have that feature?
* http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=14920&highlight=model+655
Thanks,
Larry
RE: Philco Model 650X Dial Light Mask - Is There One? - Ron Ramirez - 02-19-2018
If you will look at a brief thread about a 650B here, you will see that it did not have a shadow mask. It appears that the shadow mask was not introduced until the 650 was replaced by the 655. I'll have to look, if I don't forget, and see if very late production 650 sets had it...but I don't think they did.
RE: Philco Model 650X Dial Light Mask - Is There One? - LarryFS - 02-19-2018
Thank you, Ron! I was wondering if my radio was missing the shadow mask components; but, it looks like nothing is missing. I also saw a YouTube video of a 650X that did not have a shadow mask.
Larry
RE: Philco Model 650X Dial Light Mask - Is There One? - klondike98 - 02-19-2018
Welcome to the Phorum!
RE: Philco Model 650X Dial Light Mask - Is There One? - LarryFS - 02-22-2018
Thank you, Bob!
RE: Philco Model 650X Dial Light Mask - Is There One? - Ron Ramirez - 02-22-2018
welcome here also, Larry. Oh, and I did look and did not see anything mentioned about the addition of a shadow mask to model 650 in Philco's Changes in Models.
If you ever need a copy of that (it covers changes in Philcos from 1933 or so through 1938), you may download it here. Just look for changes.zip.
RE: Philco Model 650X Dial Light Mask - Is There One? - LarryFS - 02-22-2018
Ron, thanks for checking and for the changes link.
Larry