Here's some of my radios.

[Hemingray]

Some of the radios I have in my collection.

Top: General Television (unknown model, cabinet is being redone)
Bottom: Silvertone AM radio (missing knob, got one?)



Top: Motorola AM/FM radio (still off in the FM band)
Bottom: Zenith 7G04 (works nicely, but does go weird on the FM band at times)


Left: Zenith AM/FM clock radio (uses the 17C9 tube, FM nonfunctional at this time)
Right: Silvertone 9005 bakelite table radio (works like a dream)


RCA Victor 34X tabletop radio (needs proper knobs, got this after graduating High School, one of my first antique radios)

[Sandy G]

Kewl !

[radiotvnut]

I have the AM/FM version of that Silvertone in the top picture. I used to own the AM version like yours. Those were decent performers when working correctly.

[Hemingray]

that silvertone is a dang fine performer in my mind. Does great for nighttime AM DXing, and has killer sound. Did yours have a 35A5 installed in place of the 35L6? For some reason mine does, and it actually looks factory installed.

[Fisherdude]

Schematics on the wall! I love it!

[Hemingray]

Aye, and one of them, is of the infamous 6LE8 transmitter

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by Hemingray

that silvertone is a dang fine performer in my mind. Does great for nighttime AM DXing, and has killer sound. Did yours have a 35A5 installed in place of the 35L6? For some reason mine does, and it actually looks factory installed.

I think mine had a 35L6; but, I don't remember. I'm not surprised that yours uses a 35A5. Sometimes, companies would switch tube types in the middle of a production run. I guess they were either trying to use up remaining stock or they found that one tube type was slightly cheaper than the other.

[Hemingray]

Could be, the tube layout on mine shows it requiring a 35L6. the 35A5 is the only non-silvertone tube in the set.