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Post war was a different matter from pre-war, post war Brand Zs were even sold in Canada, and Admiral set up a plant as well. Even so what radios you tend to find the most of depends on the local dealer networks.
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RE: Zenith 6S27 - by Arran - 04-19-2021, 01:07 AM
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Vlad95,
Thank you for the stringing guides and wow there are so manyosanders0311 — 06:01 PM |
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A pre war Hallicrafters, and an early one too, very nice! 1936 is pretty early for metal tubes too, which would explain ...Arran — 05:58 PM |
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Thanks Rod,
"When you hear the background hiss and no station it usually indicates that the oscillator quit" ...osanders0311 — 05:52 PM |
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:beerchug:Vlad95 — 10:22 AM |
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Vlad, you nailed it. Swiss and German roots.RodB — 09:54 AM |
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Well this is a Hallicrafters SX/9 circa 1936.
No real issues so far although I dodged a real bullet with a cap that was...bridkarl — 07:59 AM |
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The pinout is the same but the 5U4 has a 3 amp filament, verses 2 amps or less on the 5Z4. I think that the pinout of a ...Arran — 12:04 AM |
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By the way.
osanders0311
Take a look here: Dial cord stringing Guides
May be here you can fount correct string settin...Vlad95 — 11:15 PM |
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5U4 and 5Z4 almost identical. I think nothing happened if you left 5U4 instedad 5Z4 long time.
Just heater current 5U4 ...Vlad95 — 11:02 PM |
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Hello Vlad95 ,
Very Funny !
Sincerely Richardradiorich — 11:01 PM |
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