03-21-2023, 05:40 PM
It is a technically interesting radio. By using a voltage doubler rectifier and a PM Dynamic speaker, Philco approximated the B+ level of a transformer powered radio and got transformer powered performance on the cheap. They made several post-war radios this way. Was a recession at the time? Another example of how they could build it cheaper but still well. 2 Stage IF also. Really nice cabinet, love the color and the grille!
We all started somewhere of course, so if you are good with your hands, practice soldering (There has to be a You Tube video out there) and consider changing the "caps" (capacitors) yourself. There are you tube videos on restoring an "AA5" radios (All-American 5 tube radio, the most common circuit shared between just about every US manufacturer of table radios from the late 1930s till the end of tube radio production). Yours is only a little more complex, but we are all here to help with advice. Parts are relatively cheap; you are paying for labor when someone rebuilds a radio.
We all started somewhere of course, so if you are good with your hands, practice soldering (There has to be a You Tube video out there) and consider changing the "caps" (capacitors) yourself. There are you tube videos on restoring an "AA5" radios (All-American 5 tube radio, the most common circuit shared between just about every US manufacturer of table radios from the late 1930s till the end of tube radio production). Yours is only a little more complex, but we are all here to help with advice. Parts are relatively cheap; you are paying for labor when someone rebuilds a radio.
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MrFixr55
