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Welcome to my radio collection page. These are the radios
that I have been collecting, most of them recently. I have done electronic
restoration to most of these sets.
The set pictured above is a Fairbanks-Morse model 72 radio that
was made in 1936. My father purchased this set brand new. I am now the
owner of this fine old radio and I intend on keeping it for the rest of
my life. My father used to use this for his broadcast band dx-ing.
This set works fine, but I did put in new paper capacitors and a brand
new 6E5 tube! It looks as many have been changed, but
I will change them again. Also one oddity of this radio is the two
pilot light holders above the dial. This is a result of the cold war.
In the late fifties and early sixties, all ham radio operators had
to observe the conelrad rules. If the missiles or planes were coming
to attack, radio stations had to stop transmitting. This included
ham radio stations too. So my dad used to look at the flashing lights
while on the air. If they quit flashing, that meant that there was
no modulation at the radio station or they were off the air. My dad
could turn on the speaker to see if something was happening.
Update: After months of thought, I thought a nice present
to me would be to send out the cabinet to be refinished! It is now
in Michigan waiting it's turn. It will be back in December and I will
put the "before and after" pictures on here. After discussing the conelrad
lights with several people, I decided that the lights stay. This is
something that my dad did to his radio. It is a part of the family
history but a part of the cold war history. I don't care about the dollar
value because it isn't for sale.
Here is the rest of the story. It is now June 14th, 2004
and my cabinet is back! It took a lot longer and I really missed
the cabinet. I had wondered if I made a mistake.
Anyway, the radio is back in the cabinet with brand new 6E5 tube.
The dial slips somewhat as I didn't have a fabric belt to fit and
had to use a rubber belt. If anyone knows where I can get a good fabric
belt for this set, please let me know.
My dads Fairbanks Morse radio is now back together and in a
place of honor in my house.
If you have questions or comments, please visit my
contact page for e-mail information, thanks.
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