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Originally Posted by decojoe67
Just to update, I had my repairman fix it for me. All tubes blown, open output trans., and in need of a full recap. With 1.5 for the A and 10 9V's for the B, the set plays like it looks - full rich sound and very sensitive. I never saw one of these so big or heard one play this good. I'd recommend to any radio collector to get just one of these '39-'40 tweed-stripes models, but you'll soon have 2 or 3!
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My favorite luggable radio is still the Emerson 523 and variants.
It is the one that the tube filaments run off the cathode voltage of the 50B5 when operating on the AC line. Audio output is 1 watt, versus 250mw when operating on battery.
Also, it doesn't use that large voltage dropping for the filaments, when operating on AC.
Look up the schematic in Nostalgia Air.
09-01-2020, 11:28 AM
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