My dad's Zenith - been in the family since new

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Originally Posted by TUD1

So do I. A 1940 Zenith 8S563. Mine works, but it needs a new dial belt. It has a 6X5, so I don't use it much. I need to get some 1N4007's in there, but I'm still not sure how. I want to keep the filament voltage so I can keep a tube in there and it be lit, but not operational.

From what I've been told by some on here is that the 6X5GTs are safe to use but not the 6X5Gs or the 6X5s (the ones with the metal jacket), so if you have a 6X5GT in your radio you should be safe and shouldn't have to worry about any sort of shortouts.