Moving the farm radio discussion.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

Perhaps a reconfiguration of a TO in a fancy wood cabinet?
Do any of your TOs have a similar tube complement?

jr

No, the tube compliment of this set is different and smaller than the loctal TOs. Fewer bands too. This chassis was probably based on an existing octal farm set design and they added AC power capability and an antenna to spice it up.

At some point I need to set up a display shelf for my TOs. They're mostly burried 1-2 sets deep on deep shelves in the basement as I started collecting them after my display room filled, and decided leatherette was less sensitive to storage conditions than wood...

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

No, the tube compliment of this set is different and smaller than the loctal TOs. Fewer bands too. This chassis was probably based on an existing octal farm set design and they added AC power capability and an antenna to spice it up.

At some point I need to set up a display shelf for my TOs. They're mostly burried 1-2 sets deep on deep shelves in the basement as I started collecting them after my display room filled, and decided leatherette was less sensitive to storage conditions than wood...

It looks like the battery pack has a 9 volt "A" section, instead of a 11/2 volt section as used in the earlier sets. The battery pack is probably the one specified for the big luggable portables.