British made Philco and GEC radios - with nudes!

[leesonic]

Oh, I see where you were going with that now. Would running on 120v directly give a high enough high tension? I thought it was normally around 200-300 volts?

I believe the heaters are in series, and as in series with the backlight for the scale. When you turn it on, this lights up really bright, and then dims down as the tubes warm up.

As soon as I get a variac or a step-up transformer, I'll have to try your suggestion.