01-18-2013, 01:20 PM
Hi all,
I picked up this radio some time ago and just recently realized that the model number is odd. The Canadian Philco 70 would normally be designated as a 70-A and be a 25-40 cycle set. This one is tagged as a 370 and is 40-60 cycle. I do not think that this radio inherited a tube shield from the 370 chairside as the tag is Toronto-made and this would be a 370-A. The strange thing with the model number is that the 3 is a rather different font than the 70.
Was this another variation of the 70 or is there another explanation for the number? I didn't question it at the time because seeing a '3' in front of the model number is common here, but this is a good two years too early.
[Image: http://imageshack.us/a/img525/6560/philco70a1small.jpg]
[Image: http://imageshack.us/a/img706/1913/philco70a4small.jpg]
[Image: http://imageshack.us/a/img707/5067/philco70a3small2.jpg]
I picked up this radio some time ago and just recently realized that the model number is odd. The Canadian Philco 70 would normally be designated as a 70-A and be a 25-40 cycle set. This one is tagged as a 370 and is 40-60 cycle. I do not think that this radio inherited a tube shield from the 370 chairside as the tag is Toronto-made and this would be a 370-A. The strange thing with the model number is that the 3 is a rather different font than the 70.
Was this another variation of the 70 or is there another explanation for the number? I didn't question it at the time because seeing a '3' in front of the model number is common here, but this is a good two years too early.
[Image: http://imageshack.us/a/img525/6560/philco70a1small.jpg]
[Image: http://imageshack.us/a/img706/1913/philco70a4small.jpg]
[Image: http://imageshack.us/a/img707/5067/philco70a3small2.jpg]
