I picked this up at an antique mall because it was fairly inexpensive, looked to be complete and likely to work with minimal fuss, and I wanted to try my hand at adding a bluetooth module to it. Overall it's in nice shape. There's a hairline crack in the top where something probably fell on it. Hooray again for plastic.

The price meant a lot. I've been frustrated with thrift shops and antique malls that want full value for something that needs to be repaired. I passed up an Owl-eye Zenith that wasn't working (they didn't say what was wrong) and the power cord's insulation was largely gone, but it was priced as if it were working flawlessly.

Tube compliment

12BA6 - RF Amp
12BE6 - Converter
12BA6 - IF Amp/AVC
12AV6 - 2nd. Detector and first AF Amp
30C5 - AF out
35W4 - Rectifier

That's as far as I've gotten.

to be continued.

Reference: Beitman's Most Often Needed, Volume 16, 1956, p.167 (internet scan copies are poor quality)

Reference: SAMS Photofact 304, Folder 14

Reference: Radiomuseum

Reference: Fundamentals of adding bluetooth, Fibber's Closet

Current status: radio not working. Needs eval.