March Finds & Losses**

Salval · **Joined:** Feb Sun 19, 2012 2:51 am **Posts:** 475

Crosley 58TH. Next in line if I ever finish the GE LC-628.

Nick D. · **Posted:** Mar Sun 18, 2012 5:51 am

That looks like a console with about 3/4 of the height chopped out. :lol:

DavidS · **Posted:** Mar Sun 18, 2012 3:58 pm

from the net :

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Hickok 800 Tube Tester

The Hickok 800 is essentially a model 6000 with panel mounted sockets rather than the "socket plate" or "socket island". The 800A is the same as the 800 but with the addition of sockets for compactrons and nuvistors.
Features

Measures mutual transconductance which is the best type of tube quality test

Meter reads with "bad-good" scale or read transconductance directly.

Tests transistors and diodes in addition to tubes

Neon light shorts test is automatic. No switching is necessary

Sensitive gas test

#49 bulb acts as a fuse to protect bias potentiometer

Built-in roll chart for selector settings

Includes obsolete and foreign roll chart supplements, roll chart in book form, and instruction manual

gary rabbitt · **Posted:** Mar Sun 18, 2012 4:20 pm

fifties wrote:

gary rabbitt wrote:

Found a Hickok 800

Is that model a mutual conductance tester, Gary? If so, great find!

Yes, it is a mutual conductance tester. Learning how to use the controls to utilize that feature. The manual is pretty basic. It does have a transistor tester and other features.
I think I got a good deal, @ $115 the case is in perfect shape, no moldy smell.

Ken G · **Posted:** Mar Sun 18, 2012 5:52 pm

Crosley 58TH. Next in line if I ever finish the GE LC-628.

Hay ..... you could replace those dowels with glass rods

Salval · **Joined:** Feb Sun 19, 2012 2:51 am **Posts:** 475

Ken G wrote:

Hay ..... you could replace those dowels with glass rods

I was thinking about getting some plain dowels and staining them to replace those but glass is an interesting idea as well.

pred · **Posted:** Mar Sun 18, 2012 6:37 pm

A couple items from the Flea market this morning,

Ken G · **Posted:** Mar Mon 19, 2012 3:38 am

I was thinking about getting some plain dowels and staining them to replace those but glass is an interesting idea as well.

Newer toaster ovens have hollow glass rod elements that might work , size ? ....

Mike the Cajun · **Posted:** Mar Mon 19, 2012 5:24 am

Sold 5 radios at the VRPS auction this weekend. It was the first time that I entered anything in the auction and was pleased with the results. I basically got back what I had in the radios but I did make room for new stuff to come in and got a little green to bring some new junk home.

I did come back with one radio from the auction. It is an Emerson 587B. I have recapped it and did a lot of other things that needed to be done (clean switch, change power cord, etc.) but it has a short that I am having a devil of a time finding.

dgadzinski · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 1:39 am

Got home from work last Friday 3/15 and these were in the driveway next to the side door...no note,
don't know who put them there. Called my sons....no, called my brother and sister....no, called my wife's
ex-husband who brought me radios in the past....not him either. I have no clue as of yet who put these
in my driveway. First we have a Loewe Opta "Bella" which looks like a parts radio. Next we have a
Silvertone Console in really nice condition. Nice dial !!! Keep em' coming whoever you are.

radiopicker · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 2:00 am

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I have no clue as of yet who put these
in my driveway

Why don't I have a secret radio pixie? Those are AWESOME looking radios, the Silvertone is beautiful....jealous......

pred · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 2:33 am

Nice Silvertone, ! ! ! !
Peter

dgadzinski · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 2:38 am

Imagine my surprise when I called to thank the person who "I think" left these at my house.
Every reply was "It wasn't me". This is really bothering me.

Nick D. · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 2:47 am

In your driveway?? Darn good thing you didn't have to leave in an emergency while it was dark out... that would have been hilarious!
One crushed under the wheel and the other smashed across your hood.... :mrgreen:

dgadzinski · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 2:51 am

You Darn Tootin Nick....It was a darn good thing darn it !

ggregg · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 3:01 am

You have a radio fairy, Dave. Maybe a radio fairy-ski, perhaps?
Had a Lowe Opta just like that one, worked well and I love that Silvertone. Beautiful!

DMR47 · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 3:24 pm

My find is a Minerva Tropic Master 117. There are no serial numbers on it and thoughts are it is a civilian radio. The audio tubes are pair of 25L6's.
Needs some paint, caps and some tubes to start.

Dale

jgj6331 · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 4:10 pm

Hamfest finds from last weekend......

Crosley 56 TD "Duette", WWII German military microphone, 1924 "Radio" book, NOS lightning arrestor..... the last 3 items were a buck a piece!!!

azenithnut · **Posted:** Mar Tue 20, 2012 11:02 pm

Saturday, I picked up this beauty!

A 1941 Capehart 113K2FM in an absolutely beautiful Mahogany Chippendale cabinet!
Though, this is one of the lower end 100 series, the cabinet has the imposing look of the larger 400 series!
Even the radio dial is accessed from the front rather than under a lid on the top.

Plus the unusual speaker arrangement makes this piece quite unique! I'm very happy I was able to land this amazing piece!

The changer is fully intact save for the arm which makes the record flip-over. Though, it is a common part to break.
It makes my 111M2FM seem pale in comparison :wink:

-Steve

Nick D. · **Posted:** Mar Wed 21, 2012 12:59 am

I always thought those cabinets were odd because of how shallow the extrusion is. I've never looked at one in person but it looks like the center section comes out less than an inch.

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