Picked up a '65 Magnavox AM/FM radio at the flea market

[radiotvnut]

Well, this was my radio find for the day. A '65 wooden cased Magnavox solid state AM/FM table radio. I bought it for $10 from my favorite flea market vendor. Normally, I'm not into solid state table sets; but, I made an exception since it was clean and a Magnavox. I don't recall seeing many Magnavox table radios from this period. I guess they were more expensive than some of the other brands.

This radio still has an AC interlock like a tube set and I found several '65 date codes inside. That orange thing you see on top is the original GI brand 80/80 uf, 200V filter cap that was preventing the radio from working. I don't think I"ve ever seen one of these orange GI branded caps that was good! I found a couple 100 uf, 200 V caps in my junk, installed them, cleaned the controls and it now plays nicely.

I'm sure this is a USA made radio and I think '65 was fairly early for solid state AC operated table radios. At least, I don't think I've found one older.

As far as sound quality, it seems to be as good as a solid state Zenith or RCA of the day. I will say that the Zeniths seem to have a more sensitive FM tuner than the Magnavox; but, I'm not complaining.