uh-oh... RCA Radiola 18

[mhardy6647]

Guess I have finally, and slightly unwittingly, joined the ranks of truly antique radio collectors :-)

Last week, a co-worker offered me an "old RCA radio" if I were interested. Belonged to his parents, who were downsizing and getting rid of some stuff. He brought it in yesterday. It was easy to tell by its 'form factor' that it was a TRF radio... turns out to be an RCA Radiola 18, with a speaker (not a horn) in a cast metal (?) housing. Apparently it's made to run on regular ol' AC, and it weighs a ton (from the power supply, it seems like). It's in pretty good physical condition, and has all tubes (not globes though... I was surprised). Guess it dates from the mid-late 1920's.

I know next to nothing about these, but it does seem to be pretty cool. I think I should try to re-hab it, although I am definitely leery of something so old... anything before about the 1940's is pretty unknown territory to me.

Any comments or suggestions are welcome. Would anyone be interested in seeing photos, or is this model boring to those who are really in the know? I dunno! :-)

Thanks for your attention!