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It looks to me like a keeper. It's fairly rare and has good reception.
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3-gang tuning cap. Doesn't look like there's an RF stage, though.
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When the set was new there was a lot of DC districts, so a resistive dropper had to be used. |
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I looked at the schematic again and it's not being used at all. I thought maybe, as they built that set as a long-wave model, they used it, but they didn't! Possibly a chassis layout or an inventory reason. |
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I've had many working "curtain-burner" radios in my many years of collecting and you could literally lay the cord in a pile of dry paper shreds and nothing will happen. Even after long play time it only gets moderately warm. Pure urban legend that it will burn the house down.
It's the same urban legend with the sheet of asbestos on the top of the inside of the radio in which you better put your Hazmat suit on and dispose of it before it sends you to an early grave! Last edited by decojoe67; 11-30-2018 at 05:47 PM. |
Audiokarma |
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I agree. I like those sets with their original thick cloth cords. Right now I have about 5 that work excellent.
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If the cord was in good condition in later years, many times the resistance wire was rusted open as the wire was some kind of an iron alloy for ballasting action, just like the ballast tubes had. |
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I'm sure of that. It definitely isn't the greatest idea, but the severity of it has been a little exaggerated over the years by collectors.
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