05-01-2026, 02:39 AM
George;
The FADA 1000 used the same circuit as the FADA 1001 I have, it has an extra tube as an untuned RF amplifier, a 12BA6. I'm guessing that it was a last minute addition as all of the others tubes are your typical metal, and GT style octals. In any event the 1001 is one of the better performing AC/DC sets I have for DX, so if I were going to choose a catalin set to keep it would be something like that since it's not just a pretty face. Be careful with it though, these sets have an actual HOT CHASSIS where one side of the power line is soldered directly to the steel for common negative, though I suppose it could be modified.
Regards
Arran
The FADA 1000 used the same circuit as the FADA 1001 I have, it has an extra tube as an untuned RF amplifier, a 12BA6. I'm guessing that it was a last minute addition as all of the others tubes are your typical metal, and GT style octals. In any event the 1001 is one of the better performing AC/DC sets I have for DX, so if I were going to choose a catalin set to keep it would be something like that since it's not just a pretty face. Be careful with it though, these sets have an actual HOT CHASSIS where one side of the power line is soldered directly to the steel for common negative, though I suppose it could be modified.
Regards
Arran
![[-]](https://philcoradio.com/phorum/images/bootbb/collapse.png "[-]")
