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Unknown farm radio

farm radio
farm radio rear view The tubes in this radio are:
  • 1A7 converter
  • 1N5 IF amplifier
  • 1H5 detector/first AF
  • 1C5 AF output pentode
These are 1.4v filament, octal base, tubes.

The radio can use an 'A-B' battery pack which contains a 1.5v 'A' battery and a 90v 'B' battery in one package, or three separate batteries, two 45v in series, and one 1.5v
Of course no rectifier tube or large filter capacitors are required so the chassis is very simple. Also the use of 1.4v filament tubes means that no ballast/regulator tube is required to control the filament current. A typical radio using these tubes was the Philco 39-71. So this seems to date the radio to about 1939. From 1940 on these radios seem to have been using different, more efficient, output tubes.
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