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Originally Posted by init4fun
 A question for John , I see in the picture the back of the set isn't there . Do you have it and it just wasn't in the picture , or will the set run without it because it's been long lost before your customer got the set ?
 If it's gonna run with the back as open as the picture shows , I wouldn't worry in the least about heat mitigation .... |
Yes, the back came with the radio. Strangely, it's a nicely finished piece of wood like the rest of the cabinet and was held in with probably 8 countersunk wood screws.
Thanks for the advice above guys! In no particular order:
No, no loop antenna. This is a long wire deal so the foil won't interfere.
Yes, there's a chance the foil may someday peel away and fall, so I think the foil is off the table.
The fiberglass mat and the BBQ mat are good ideas, I'll consider them when the time comes. I'll run the radio for a couple of hours and see how how the top gets. If it doesn't get hot, I'll leave it out.
Right now, my focus will be trying to identify the model as some work was done under the deck and doesn't seem right. There's no model number on this old boy at all. The rear cover has a nice metal Emerson plate rivited on it, but no model number. No tube chart inside the cabinet and I don't see any evidence it ever had one.
John