Moving the farm radio discussion.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Pio1980

Tube count determined battery service life. Country living in the prewar era tended to be rather parsimonious and radio a luxury, so my guess would be that a basic set that could reliably get the programs folks wanted to turn it on to hear in the evening was adequate. The owner /financier of the set likely determined when and for what it was used to get the most out of the batteries and tubes.
Avid radio hobbiest/ listeners may have been willing to spend more on something more elaborate if they had the budget margin.

I possibly have the last farm/ country home radio that Zenith made!
Four tubes, 1A7GT, 1N5GT, 1H5GT and a 1A5GT. I picked up a power adaptor of the day that fit into the cabinet. I replaced the electrolytics in the power supply. It's amazing that the originals were 1000 mfd@ 3volts, that were really large, compared with the ones of today!