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I be liking that two band!
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Thanks. Yes, that one's my favorite so far. It plays as good as it looks too. It's only a single band though showing both Kilocycles and Meters.
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These are great fun!
I have always wondered why they don’t seem to be more popular among radio collectors. I’m guessing that many are avoided because of the batteries, but it is really easy to make a workable battery pack, and with more effort, duplicate the appearance of the original pack. Could you post a picture of the Motorola “turned on”, so that we might see the dial markings after the dial changes? jr |
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I still have to build one up like that. For a power transformer, I use a transformer from a scrap VTVM or other obsolete, worthless test equipment. Total line isolation! |
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I love battery tube sets! all mine are post war though. I've got a funky red Motorola one that does three way power and a battery only bakelite Emerson. I also have a "recipe" for homemade 67 1/2 volt batteries.
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I have a Motorola model 41H that looks like the one pictured, only a 3 way job. That is one interesting circuit, using the resistance line cord from H*ll, dissipates 38.25 watts. |
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I'd imagine reason for owning one would be similar to the reason for having a Walkman in the 80s or 90s sure your average home stereo had a cassette deck that was better by all measures, and you already own a home stereo, but that thing is not practical to take with you on your daily walk to _______. Some time ago I read a piece on the first small portables with miniature tubes pre WWII and there was an ad for a IIRC Sonora portable advertisement that had a picture of a lady jogging with the set strapped to her arm.... It sort of blew me away how ahead of it's time that ad seemed to be.
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I don't concern myself with the look of the batteries. A single "D" and a series of 10 9V's is easy to tuck into the back of these early sets. With limited collector use, the batteries last for a good long time. Here's the Motorola turned-on with the "Batteries Off" plate out of the way. It's really cool how it springs back and forth! Last edited by Celt; 12-02-2018 at 05:28 PM. |
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Ah, gotcha.
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