View Single Post
  #4  
Old 11-17-2016, 10:04 AM
dieseljeep dieseljeep is offline
VideoKarma Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 7,562
Quote:
Originally Posted by tom.j.fla View Post
One thing this radio has a floating d.c. ground. Make sure all connections are correct. There have been much write-up in the past on the trouble that can cause. From all apperances the 6BX63 & 2BX63 are the same, using the same SAMS #193-7, BEITMANS radio guides for 1953 showing 2BX63 page 97(pdf). All the best,Tom.J
RCA built that radio for several years running. They called it the "Globetrotter".
I have the last tube model from 1956, that actually has the name on the dial. For four years, the circuit was the same, 1952 to 1956.
The 1956 has a rotating loopstick on the top.
Reply With Quote