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Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue
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I found this poor little tombstone at Kutztown last month.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_001.jpg]

The radio has seven tubes and covers three bands (540-1625 kc; 1.625-5.7 mc; 5.7-18 mc).

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_002.jpg]

The cabinet is not in the best of shape. It has water/moisture damage and missing veneer - two strips on the bottom of the right side and an entire section on the left side:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_003.jpg]

Below, you will see more of the water/moisture damage - the inner substrate is loose and wavy, and the left side of the cabinet is pulling loose from the bottom. Also the top is slightly warped at the back and has pulled away slightly from both sides at the back.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_004.jpg]

Also above, other issues such as the following are obvious:
  • The antenna Fahnestock clip and insulator are broken away from the back of the chassis;
  • The power cord has been replaced with a white plastic AC cord;
  • The speaker wiring has been replaced with what appears to be pieces of AC zip cord;
  • The wire going to the grid cap of the 6K7 IF tube has been wrapped (sloppily) in electrical tape.

This thread will cover only the electronics. I will attempt to do something with the cabinet later in a separate thread.

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


Messages In This Thread
Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 01:38 PM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-05-2018, 04:20 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-09-2018, 11:06 PM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-14-2018, 02:23 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-15-2018, 01:14 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-17-2018, 01:50 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by KCMike - 06-17-2018, 06:09 PM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-18-2018, 02:41 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-21-2018, 04:08 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-22-2018, 03:27 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-24-2018, 02:42 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 07-04-2018, 03:17 AM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 07-05-2018, 11:21 PM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 07-11-2018, 05:16 PM
RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 07-13-2018, 09:57 PM



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