Anyone comment on this radio, pls?

[WhiteSE]

Short wave tube radio

[Celt]

H500 Transoceanic! Made from 1951-1953. Look here for more:
http://www.transoceanic.nostalgiaair.org/

[Reece]

I believe this is a 600, circa 1954. See picture on this page:

http://members.aol.com/tcsopr/transoc.htm

The model number should be stamped on the chassis.

I recently restored a 600 just like the picture for a friend. It had sat in a closet for years. I didn't have much to do on it cosmetically: a little black Sharpie and some black shoe polish and the case looked new. Then a little Windex and the rest of it shined up.

Recapped it and put new electrolytics under the chassis, using terminal strips. The chassis is kind of tight in spots underneath, so take your time and double check every move you make. A couple of the tubes are getting expensive and you don't want to burn out the filaments. This set was operating, but I also replaced the selenium rectifier with a couple of silicon diodes in series, and a further dropping resistor to mimic the drop through the selenium. If a selenium goes, it stinks up the house big time.

One thing to remember on these that once it's going, never pull a tube and then reinsert it with the power on. With the tube out, the filters can charge up and then let go through your filament string when you plug the tube back in. Always turn the set off before changing tubes.

Once recapped and the alignment and IF's tweaked, it's a great performer and picks up plenty of short wave.

There's more here:

http://bellsouthpwp.net/p/a/padgett46/tohome.htm

Reece

[Celt]

Reece is right. The antenna is like the one on the H600. My eyes ain't what they used to be...then again, neither is any other part of me.

[Telecolor 3007]

That "Zenith" lok like it was made in the '70's.

[Sandy G]

Zenith made the toob Trans-Oceanics up til 1962. Interestingly enuff, they'd started making transistor T/Os a couple years before, and sold both models as the same time. Both types of T/Os are in fairly high demand today by collectors- if yours is a pretty ione, hang on to it !! Most of 'em I've seen tend to be in pretty good cosmetic shape-they were expensive items, & as such, didn't recieve as rough treatment as their less-expensive brethren sometimes did. There is a military version the R-520/URR that was used as a morale reciever that is especially rare & desirable, as is the tan leather covered version. -Sandy G.