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Old 02-16-2015, 08:43 PM
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I've got a circa '46 Emerson AC/DC/battery portable on the way that's interesting. It uses dual output tubes. In AC, a 50B5 is switched into circuit. In DC, a 3Q5 is switched into circuit. They probably did this so that the radio would have more volume and better tonal quality when used on AC.
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