05-06-2012, 07:17 AM
Good luck, Bob - that set shouldn't be too difficult to restore.
Philco encouraged owners to write the call letters of stations on the dial scale back then - in fact, they called their dials "Station Recording Dials." I have an 18B that has call letters written all over the dial, and I decided to just leave it that way since it was probably done by the radio's original owner. But it seems that the majority of Philcos from that period do not have call letters written on the dial scale. I guess the majority of people preferred not to mar the dial scales of their expensive radios.
I used to own a 15X some years ago, and I remember finding some sort of appliance bulb to replace the original. I do not remember the exact type/number of the bulb, however. I need to find another, as I now have a different 15X that will need to be restored.
I think the green screens on the 1932 Philco sets look neat, quite different from the 1933 and later types that have amber screens.
Philco encouraged owners to write the call letters of stations on the dial scale back then - in fact, they called their dials "Station Recording Dials." I have an 18B that has call letters written all over the dial, and I decided to just leave it that way since it was probably done by the radio's original owner. But it seems that the majority of Philcos from that period do not have call letters written on the dial scale. I guess the majority of people preferred not to mar the dial scales of their expensive radios.
I used to own a 15X some years ago, and I remember finding some sort of appliance bulb to replace the original. I do not remember the exact type/number of the bulb, however. I need to find another, as I now have a different 15X that will need to be restored.
I think the green screens on the 1932 Philco sets look neat, quite different from the 1933 and later types that have amber screens.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
