10-02-2022, 10:36 AM
Thank you for making sense of it! Funny to think how many times some of the components have crossed "the pond".
That's really interesting about the valve tax. I see from our UK history page there was a UK sold version of the 116PX - that must have cost a fortune!
I came across the UK service info for the model 98. Apparently there were a couple of variants - an earlier version ("Series 1") with 3 bands (like this one has) and a later version ("Series 2") with 4 bands:
I was also surprised to see that the model 98 also appears in Riders: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel...013904.pdf
There's also this UK radio forum thread which discusses a bit about the model 98. The model shown there looks like it is Series 2 - it has four bands - and an oval dial like Philco's 1936 model year - vs. the 1935 model year styling of this one. A photo of a similar oval dial version from an older eBay listing (gone from eBay, images still out there on the 'net):
That's really interesting about the valve tax. I see from our UK history page there was a UK sold version of the 116PX - that must have cost a fortune!
I came across the UK service info for the model 98. Apparently there were a couple of variants - an earlier version ("Series 1") with 3 bands (like this one has) and a later version ("Series 2") with 4 bands:
I was also surprised to see that the model 98 also appears in Riders: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel...013904.pdf
There's also this UK radio forum thread which discusses a bit about the model 98. The model shown there looks like it is Series 2 - it has four bands - and an oval dial like Philco's 1936 model year - vs. the 1935 model year styling of this one. A photo of a similar oval dial version from an older eBay listing (gone from eBay, images still out there on the 'net):
