My new Philco "Hippo" Mdl. 46-420 good buy
 

Well the wife and I went antiquing today. I walked right by this beauty. She asked me if I saw the Philco. Nope. When I saw it I couldn't believe that it still had the original shine the back is mint and the tag on the bottom is fantastic. It was only $18.88 out the door. The tag said it wasn't working. I got it home and the first tube I pulled was completely dead, every one of the others was good. I thought what a pain I have to drag the big box of tubes down from the top of the cabinets I had a few scattered tubes on the counter and only one was loctal like the bad one I had pulled. It must just be my day it was the one I needed and it tested like new. Hooked the radio to the variac and brought it up to about 55- 60 volts did a little tuning and it was already bring in a station, no hum. Time to go for 90 volts and it's playing strong. This is a radio that looks almost new and plays like it. I married the right woman she is now an official radio hunter.

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Ooooh, dat's PURDY !! Mine has a dull case, & needs to go see Dr. Dewick.....

Our neighbors had one of those in their kitchen in the 50's/60's and it was played every day. Very cool radio. :yes:

Bad tube eh? I had that with a little GE Tabletop I scored for a buck. It's 35W4 was completely dead. Filament checked out on a DMM but refused to light on my tester whatsoever. Great find! :thmbsp:

I see that one has a nice mix of loctal/octal/miniature there.

Here's one case where the layman's idea "Prolly jus' needs a tube!" came true! Great find for eighteen bucks. Those radios are quite sought after.

Reece

I think w/6 tubes, they might have an RF stage, so it should be a pretty good performer as well.

Nicest "Hippo" I have seen in years. Beautiful, minty condition. Appears to be a well cared for original set. One of the best performing in it's class. You'll love it. Beautiful tone.

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You should replace all the wax paper caps in that radio. Their lifetime was about 30 years, and they quit making them about 45 years ago, so.. As the radio is working, think of it as preventative maintenance to get many more years out of the radio. See my page http://www.geocities.com/wa2ise/radios/repair.htm

Nice radio, I had a mint beige painted bakelite version of that radio until my daughters friend knocked it off the table... I was not happy. I have since procured 2 like yours and another beige one but not as clean as yours.

Sal

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that is a great looking radio! What a find! i love Philco's I have 2 of the 48-200 series & a 46-421 that all work great..i guess i ought to try to get out more to look for old radios..i seem to only find them on e bay as opposed to "garage sales" locally...