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Philco 41-788 'Tropic'
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10-19-2010, 01:37 PM
Update.... I had a new 10" PM speaker and an appropriate power resistor to use - but browsing Ebay recently, I found the actual speaker. The seller had listed some assorted radio parts from an estate - some of which were the dial scales from a Tropic. He also had a 10" speaker listed as "unknown" - so I had him check the voice and field coil - which were spot-on for this radio. I'll start recapping soon - but at least I won't have to worry about the speaker work-around now.

However - the grill cloth was a bit tattered and dirty. I tried gently hand washing it - big mistake!!! Even using cold water, it shrunk up just enough to be unusable. Radio Daze used to carry a reasonable-looking replacement (pattern #69) - but they no longer do. Does anyone have a spare bit they'd like to sell - or do you know of someone who does??? It would need to be about 12" wide and 16" in length. Any direction would be greatly appreciated......

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Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 03-23-2010, 09:48 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 03-25-2010, 08:11 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 03-25-2010, 10:08 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 03-25-2010, 12:14 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Chuck Schwark - 03-25-2010, 01:09 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-19-2010, 01:37 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-19-2010, 02:46 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-19-2010, 03:13 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-19-2010, 04:46 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-19-2010, 05:46 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-20-2010, 08:50 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-20-2010, 02:22 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-21-2010, 06:03 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-23-2010, 11:20 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by codefox1 - 10-23-2010, 12:12 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-23-2010, 12:52 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-24-2010, 09:35 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 11-07-2010, 09:34 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by 7estatdef - 11-07-2010, 10:19 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by exray - 11-08-2010, 07:47 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 11-08-2010, 08:52 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 11-08-2010, 10:04 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by codefox1 - 11-08-2010, 04:50 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 11-09-2010, 12:35 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 11-10-2010, 09:27 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 12-01-2010, 11:31 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 02-02-2011, 12:07 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 02-02-2011, 12:24 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 02-02-2011, 09:39 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 02-02-2011, 11:44 PM



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