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Old 11-08-2012, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Sandy G View Post
Sonora. Made in Chicago. Maybe prewar, altho looks more postwar. Co. went out of business in '57. Prolly typical AA5 design, and as such, they were no better or worse than the blue zillion OTHER AA5 designs. Likely will work dandily w/new capacitors, possibly a tube or 2.
Most Sonoras used a 2nd IF transformer, that only had a single trimmer that tuned the primary winding. Also, it has no can around it.
Outside of that, it has conventional circuitry.
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