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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 1:21:09 PM on 25 April 2018.
	Labrat Location: Penrith, NSW Member since 7 April 2012 Member #: 1128 Postcount: 385
For sale to Forum Members only. Stromberg Carlson Radio. Some damage to the top left of cabinet. One for those that can repair Bakelite $10.00 Pick -up only! Wayne.

Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 10:07:31 PM on 25 April 2018.
	Brad Administrator Location: Naremburn, NSW Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7395
Photos uploaded. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

Return to top of page · Post #: 3 · Written at 7:53:05 PM on 27 April 2018.
	Skymaster Location: Lalor Park, NSW Member since 7 April 2018 Member #: 2237 Postcount: 57
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Return to top of page · Post #: 4 · Written at 11:39:38 AM on 28 April 2018.
	Robbbert Location: Hill Top, NSW Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2078
This radio has found a new home.

Return to top of page · Post #: 5 · Written at 11:16:45 AM on 13 June 2018.
	Robbbert Location: Hill Top, NSW Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2078
Finally plugged this in today in series with a light bulb. Supplied the missing 5Y3GT, and the radio worked straight off the bat. However the speaker sounds like it needs replacing.

Return to top of page · Post #: 6 · Written at 2:59:51 PM on 13 June 2018.
	Marcc Location: Wangaratta, VIC Member since 21 February 2009 Member #: 438 Postcount: 5389
By the look of it, I suspect that it may not be the speaker and perhaps it needs a birthday to rid it of the distortion. Some of that rubber wire is pretty sus & IF one needs its cover removed to rewire it.

Return to top of page · Post #: 7 · Written at 4:53:38 PM on 13 June 2018.
	Robbbert Location: Hill Top, NSW Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2078
Forgot to list the valves: ECH35 (without red shield), EBF35, 6SQ7GT, 6V6GT, 5Y3GT.

Return to top of page · Post #: 8 · Written at 9:11:51 PM on 13 June 2018.
	Marcc Location: Wangaratta, VIC Member since 21 February 2009 Member #: 438 Postcount: 5389
That;s not an ECH 35 in there. EBF35 is narrow like the other one and would have a wire band just above the base like the EBF35. looks more like 6K8G.

Return to top of page · Post #: 9 · Written at 11:01:18 PM on 13 June 2018.
	GTC Location: Sydney, NSW Member since 28 January 2011 Member #: 823 Postcount: 6761
Another motherless waif rescued

Return to top of page · Post #: 10 · Written at 12:09:57 AM on 14 June 2018.
	Robbbert Location: Hill Top, NSW Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2078
It says ECH35 on the base. According to a site I visited, it should be a 6J8GA. Maybe someone glued a different base on.

Return to top of page · Post #: 11 · Written at 9:04:25 PM on 14 June 2018.
	BringBackTheValve Location: Linton, VIC Member since 30 December 2016 Member #: 2028 Postcount: 472
Yep, that model used a 6J8GA for the local oscillator. Model 5A27 oscillators used a 6SA7G valve (no TC). I suspect the former valve may have been less reliable than the latter, or perhaps less available?? I say this because both receivers were made during the same time ---circa '48-'49.

Return to top of page · Post #: 12 · Written at 7:57:52 PM on 15 June 2018.
	Brad Administrator Location: Naremburn, NSW Member since 15 November 2005 Member #: 1 Postcount: 7395
Photos uploaded to Post 11. ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ A valve a day keeps the transistor away...

Return to top of page · Post #: 13 · Written at 1:17:56 PM on 20 June 2018.
	Robbbert Location: Hill Top, NSW Member since 18 September 2015 Member #: 1801 Postcount: 2078
Did a bit more work on it. Replaced all the waxed caps. I found a 6J8GA and it worked - for half an hour - then silence. Touching the valve got it going again. It didn't take long to find out which pin in the valve base was dry-jointed. Soldered up a few pins and it sprang into life. In the old days we'd just replace it but we cannot afford that luxury now. Replaced the 6V6 grid bias resistor (was 700k instead of 500k), and the 6SQ7 anode resistor (was 1152k instead of 250k), and the 6V6 cathode electrolytic. The speaker transformer had been replaced in the past, so I rerouted the anode wire away from the 6V6 G1. The choke was open circuit and this had been replaced with a 150 ohm, 20 watt resistor in the past. Left it, as it was working well enough. Sorted out the stiff tone control and tuning pulleys. Only thing left is the speaker replacement... if I have one. Apart from that it works quite well.

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