I got me one of these

[NA4BH]

Picked one of these up at a local antique auction the other day.

http://www.antiqueradios.com/gallery/d/46678-2/Philco_39_7C.jpg

It needs a some wiring changed out and a good cleaning. The old solder is a bitch to clean out. Got it for $30. The picture is not the one I bought.

[KJ6BSO]

Hey, cool!

My grandmother had one just like it in her basement in San Francisco for years. I think it was the nucleus around which my interest in radios crystalized.

[K7SGJ]

Hey, cool!

My grandmother had one just like it in her basement in San Francisco for years. I think it was the nucleus around which my interest in radios crystalized.


Oh, a crystal radio?

[KG4CGC]

XCool find. You'll also enjoy the wood finishing aspect to restoring this beautiful classic.

[KG4CGC]

Fake edit: I cut my teeth on a Zenith Trans Oceanic when I was about 3.

[KK4AMI]

Picked one of these up at a local antique auction the other day.

http://www.antiqueradios.com/gallery/d/46678-2/Philco_39_7C.jpg

It needs a some wiring changed out and a good cleaning. The old solder is a bitch to clean out. Got it for $30. The picture is not the one I bought.

Push button Tuning? It kinda looks like a Ford Car Radio mounted in a box.

[N8YX]

Did any of you pick up on the fact that the thing appears to receive LF in addition to AM BC?

If the set does in fact cover 180-545KHz (and those dial markings aren't "Meters", corresponding to the BC frequency range), it makes me wonder if the receiver isn't a Euro-specific model. They have an LF broadcast allocation.

[KJ6BSO]

Did any of you pick up on the fact that the thing appears to receive LF in addition to AM BC?

If the set does in fact cover 180-545KHz (and those dial markings aren't "Meters", corresponding to the BC frequency range), it makes me wonder if the receiver isn't a Euro-specific model. They have an LF broadcast allocation.

I did, because my father and I hung a LF antenna in my grandmother's back yard. There wasn't much on there but various beacons.

[WØTKX]

Fake edit: I cut my teeth on a Zenith Trans Oceanic when I was about 3.

Our parallel histories scare the crap out of me. ;)

[N8YX]

I did, because my father and I hung a LF antenna in my grandmother's back yard. There wasn't much on there but various beacons.

250-280KHz is home to a goodly number of Mediterranean LF broadcasters. One of these runs in excess of 2 megawatts output; I've heard the station in Ohio using a marginal setup.

[NA4BH]

The sad thing about this is, I was bidding on a Victrola record player that had the original crate (wooden) that it was shipped in and quit bidding at $875.00. I am still kicking myself in the ass over this. That was a once in a lifetime deal. STOOPID, STOOPID.............. It played and had extra parts with it (stylus and other things). STOOPID, STOOPID. Could have turned a big profit on this one.................. DAYUMM..........

[KA9MOT]

Nice find!!!!

[W1GUH]

Did any of you pick up on the fact that the thing appears to receive LF in addition to AM BC?

If the set does in fact cover 180-545KHz (and those dial markings aren't "Meters", corresponding to the BC frequency range), it makes me wonder if the receiver isn't a Euro-specific model. They have an LF broadcast allocation.

Looks like it's meters. To a first approximation 100 on the top scale corresponds to 300 on the lower, and 150 to 200.

[NA4BH]

Here is a close up of the dial

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6106/6302668973_be22871485_z.jpg

[kb2vxa]

Yup, meters alright; 1MHz = 299.9232M or 300 if you like round meters.