Some New Acquisitions To My Radio Collection

[Doug_90]

This Summer I have had the pleasure of adding two radios to my little tube collection.

The first acquisition was a non-functioning 1945 RCA M-46.



I had Videokarma member, GregB, do a recap/repair on it. Although the cabinet is in okay shape, there's a part of me that wants to take it apart and refinish it.

My second acquisition, a 1941/42 RCA A-23, kind of fell into my lap. It had been recently recapped and some tubes replaced. The cabinet was beautiful, and the asking price was even more attractive so I couldn't resist.



Because there's really not a lot of Shortwave Stations, or even AM Stations that play music, these two radios will spend a lot of time serving as an iPod dock because they both have functioning RCA phonograph inputs.

They are now part of my humble little collection along with my mother's VR-60 that she bought as a young woman during WWII.



And my SABA Freudenstadt 8 that belonged to a former RCAF member while stationed in Germany during the 1950's.

[Sandy G]

Nice sets !

[JBL GUY]

You have a very nice collection!

Thank you for the pictures and descriptions.

[electronjohn]

Nice!

[dieseljeep]

They appear to be Canadian models, as I don't recognize the model numbers.
Three bands of short-wave, as well. Great collection start.

[toxcrusadr]

That console is really nice looking. I haven't seen one like it. They really managed to break up the big square look with some eye-catching geometry.

[Tubejunke]

To add to the above statement; the wood finishes of that period were incredible I think.