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Originally Posted by Nolan Woodbury
notice the C730R has *two* Civil Defense markings on the AM band...
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That was because the original Conelrad system operated on 640 and 1240 KC (kHz these days).
BTW, I read your comments on the presence and tone quality of the K731 and G730 Zenith radios. I can vouch for the great tone of the '731, as I have one that sounds just fantastic; it's the one set I'd keep I if I could only have one old radio and had to sell the rest. If I were in a situation where I could have one tube set and one solid state, I'd keep the K-731 and my Royal 1000-1 TransOceanic. The T/O doesn't have FM, but it sounds great on the nine bands it does have (standard broadcast and 2-22 MHz shortwave)--the best sound of any transistor portable radio I have here; I have several other portables of various makes stored away in boxes, etc. but the Royal 1000-1 beats them all when it comes to sound (with the possible exception of my Sony MR-9700W AM/FM stereo portable--that radio is in a solid wood case and sounds like a console, almost as good as my K731).
The frequency coverage of the Royal 1000-1 is almost identical to that of Zenith's 6-V-27, which was a six-tube farm battery set of 1930s vintage (1936, IIRC). I say "almost" because, again IIRC, the 6-V-27 actually tuned to 23 MHz. Those sets may have been top-of-the-line in their day, but I'm not sure I would have wanted to have a six-volt car battery in my living room underneath the radio. I often wonder how owners of these sets coped with the electrolyte leakage problem, i. e. how to keep the electrolyte from boiling out of the cells and spilling on the carpet, or spilling when the battery was moved for any reason.
