Grew up in that era. The cars, radios and everything else had STYLE!! Those radio's look so good.
The Majority used the same 5 tubes in all except if had an RF stage had an extra 12bA6 tube.
More than just radios....a fine stylish piece of furniature.
Mark
I remember the square brown Radio that had that big square tuning window. That Radio sounded great although I can't remember who made it. Zenith made some really nice tube Radios and the FM one I'm thinking of was dark along the case with a cloth over the speaker which actually was in the wooden case with slots in it behind the cloth. That Radio had great FM reception probably would rivel even some digital car radios Today. Imagine what your part 15 transmitter would do when picked up by one of these Radios.
One thing which impresses me about these old tube sets is the remarkable sensitivity and selectivity, even in a 1960 vintage all american five.
Maybe this is because tube circuits are inherently high impedance which promotes hi Q operation. The use of an external antenna is also a plus for sensitivity.
Neil
Those table model analog radios were marvels of minimist engineering and maximum performance.
Unlike incandescent light bulbs which survived only the trip home from the store shelf to die a week later, the table radios were constructed cheaply to keep the price affordable but could work for years, especially for electronicly minded owners.
We still have tables. Let's once again have table radios.
CB said "We still have tables. Let's once again have table radios."
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