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Title: Floor Model Broadcast Radio ID Help Please Post by: AB3L on April 24, 2015, 07:23:09 AM Happy spring to all.....though 32 deg in the WPa morning makes me wonder.
A friend from work is trying to identify a radio that his Grandmother had owned. He describes it as being a full size floor model, had a rectangular glass face with sliding needle. Below that was a large round rotary dial with finger holes, much larger than a phone dial. So he paints a picture of some method of applying a listing for favorite stations inside the finger holes so you just had to chose the hole and give it a turn. He didn't remember if it had shortwave. Under the sound dial was a group of dial controls for volume, ...etc. He also remembers the top having a rounded look to it, maybe even a double hump..? His Grandmother came from Italy so he wasn't sure if it also made the trip with her. Seems like a lot to bring over but who knows. He also placed it in the 1930's possibly. Thanks for the look. Bob Title: Re: Floor Model Broadcast Radio ID Help Please Post by: W0KPX on April 24, 2015, 08:54:10 AM Maybe one of the Silvertone tele-dial radios from the late 1930s? Like these:
http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=3030 (http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=3030) http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=3029 (http://www.radioatticarchives.com/radio.htm?radio=3029) Title: Re: Floor Model Broadcast Radio ID Help Please Post by: AB3L on April 24, 2015, 08:59:28 AM Wow, what a look. Thanks for the input. I'll pass the link to him, I bet this is what he is looking for.
Title: Re: Floor Model Broadcast Radio ID Help Please Post by: flintstone mop on April 24, 2015, 11:27:11 AM Looks like a large Rotary dial phone AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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