Philco 39-30 restoration

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Originally Posted by imacdaddy757

Good morning. Great pictorial journal. It has helped me with the 39-30 I am working on.

I am nearly done with the electronics, but I have a couple of questions...

Thanks. I'm having to dig a little since I starting working on this set a few years ago.

I got the decals from Radio Daze. Controls are set #DCL-39-25. The logo decal came from set #DCL-PH-HiFi. Just trim off the "High Fidelity" part. The font and spacing on the other logo decals is just not right.

I'm pretty sure I got the pushbuttons from Antique Radio Knobs: http://www.antiqueradioknobs.com/partlistings.html

There was no back on this radio. I don't think any 1930s Philco table top radios had backs for that matter.

Originally Posted by Reece

Clarence: this set is designed for a long wire antenna, can't take a loop. Bob: the buzzing--could be local interference, fluorescent light, etc. etc. Try the radio at another location. Try a ground. All that noisy junk wasn't around in 1939.

I'm pretty sure you're right. I was hoping it was just this radio, but I'm getting interference to varying degrees on all my radios now