I see that a lot of people in the forum also have an interest in old radios. I was just curious how big is you collection and what are your favorite few radios you own (with pictures of course).
My collection if you can call it that numbers at two (2). I have a Zenith 6R087 from 1946. This is a console with a built in record player and automatic record changer. This was my Grandparents who purchased it new right after radio manufacturing restarted after WWII.
My second set is a Philco desktop from 1942 (as shown below, with it's companion a WE 202). It is model number 42-PT-94. This was one that I purchased off of eBay just because I liked the style.
I had both radios electronically refurbushed (cap replacement, re-tuning, etc.) by a still functioning radio/TV/Pinball repair shop located about 30 miles from where I live.
I have a keen interest in old radios, but not the electronic aptitude. I respect the high voltage found within and was looking for a less dangerous hobby, which is how I stumbled upon old telephones.
I also love the old time (pre 1955) TV sets such as the old Pilots, Hallicrafters, etc. Though I don't own any of these (donations accepted) :D. If you have any of these in your collection, post a picture as well.
Lastly I have been looking around for a faceplate for the Zenith 6R087 as my original one is cracked. I have a plastic replacement, but is does not have the Zenith name on it. I have looked around on eBay and once in a blue moon I will see one of these sets, usually however the faceplate is cracked or the buyer won't part it out (even though they rarely sell). If on the odd chance you know of someone that has this faceplate for sale, let me know.
Nice radios, very nice. The Philco has such a classic old time look to it, and the record player on the other one has real pizazz. Does the record player work?
Quote from: McHeath on January 08, 2009, 10:00:55 AM
Nice radios, very nice. The Philco has such a classic old time look to it, and the record player on the other one has real pizazz. Does the record player work?
The record player does indeed work. It plays 78 RPMs. Nice sound too. I have a small collection of 78's, mostly Christmas music.
Hi Winkydink,
My only radios are two 1951-52 T/O H500s. Since I know next to nothing about radios, and with all the choices, I just took BDMs' and others' kind advice here and looked around on Ebay until I found something that I liked, and the T/Os grabbed me. Of course I love all the wood cabinet models, especially Zeniths' and Philcos, but I just liked the honest looks and functionality of the basic black T/Os.
The first one I bought is un-refurbished which was probably unwise of me, as I also lack the electronic aptitude. Then I was just more patient and found a completely re-furbished T/O on Ebay for a buy-it-now price of $150 including shipping, and it ending up much less expensive than the un-refurbished beastie, which I may or may not get around to fixing up.
I'm still new to the telephones and think I'll just stick with them. But it's nice to have the radios from the same era's. They look good together, don't they?
I have a few that I use on a regular basis, but mainly this Zenith Chairside radio/phono:
http://otrplus.com/viewtopic.php?p=23355#23355
Another one that works great, and gets regular use:
http://otrplus.com/viewtopic.php?t=198
A couple Zenith record players, and a couple Trans-Oceanics:
http://otrplus.com/viewtopic.php?p=17812#17812
A few random radios:
http://otrplus.com/viewtopic.php?p=18117#18117
I also have an Atwater Kent 70, AK40, AK20, a Bosch from the 1920s, a GE radio/phono from 1947, a Philco radio/phono from 1959, a Motorola 10" TV from 1950, and a slew of table and portable radios from the early 1930s to the 1950s.
Quote from: bingster on January 08, 2009, 02:10:08 PM
I have a few that I use on a regular basis, but mainly this Zenith Chairside radio/phono:
http://otrplus.com/viewtopic.php?p=23355#23355
Wow ! That Zenith Chairside is pretty impresive !
I would like to have a radio too
Bing, that RCA Rider Chanalyst is darn impressive. Me likey, me wantey ;D
Just a thought on that face plate. Getting a replacement glass cut is simple, but have you ever thought about looking into laser engraving to have the original logo matched? It might not be that hard to have it matched up.
And to go along with the radio post, I do not have a vintage radio yet, but have been keeping my eye out for a nice looking desk sized radio. I would love to be able to even find one that is too dead to live just so I can re-work the insides with a modern amp to connect into my computer and act as my computer desk speaker.
Lee, ducking tomatoes tosses in my direction. :D
Here are photos of about half of mine. Too many - I'm starting to thin the herd.
http://www.radioatticarchives.com/contributor.htm?code=81
Bill
Bill, those radios are fantastic! What a great collection. I do not own an "old" radio but would love to get one. How many times have you heard that? One of these days, I'll take a break from phones and get one that is close to or ready to work.
Here is the two vintage radios I own at this point.
The first one is an old RCA Victor Solid State, from the 70's. Great old radio, that crackled when I bought it from St. Vinnies, the same as it does now, so he said I could have it for $5.00, I was about 10 years old and thrilled. 5 years later, when I Was cleaning it, I found a bulb was burned out behind the dial, and I just put a new one in (takes a simple automotive bulb which I have hundreds of) and it was like having a whole new radio. Off-topic, but I'm good at being off-topic, a great old tune was playing on ol AM1350 when I turned it on today for the pic, In the Summertime by Mungo Jerry from 1970 if memory serves me.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Junk%20and%20Stuff/myjunknstuff005.jpg)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Junk%20and%20Stuff/myjunknstuff006.jpg)
The next readio is a Silvertone, which by y'all was determined to be from 1953. I bought it at a yard sale, just happened to drive past it, talked the guy down from $50 to my magic number of $5.00 for it. It had belonged to his wifes parents. I love this thing, but it don't work, has blown tubes, and the capacitors are shot, I am also debating whether to refinish it or not.
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Junk%20and%20Stuff/myjunknstuff003.jpg)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Junk%20and%20Stuff/myjunknstuff004.jpg)
Enjoy ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbcQUkTRZgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSoWQxm9n48
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jPTl7VvVc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kXKhBDvpWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTCeWMTb7A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_LP2IhPlXw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxoIAdwZPC4
Please tell me the FCC didn't stick you with a call sign like "weiwdxnw3nywyxrc98"! :o
Quote from: bingster on March 02, 2009, 12:23:22 AM
Please tell me the FCC didn't stick you with a call sign like "weiwdxnw3nywyxrc98"! :o
Nah, W8GTX.......When I registered originally, I was trying to look at certain vids that required you to register. So, I kept entering names, and it kept telling me it was already used. I got pissed, and went nutso on the key board. The result was weiwdxnw3nywyxrc98...........lol
Quote from: BDM on March 02, 2009, 12:18:07 AM
Enjoy ;)
Watched the Philco 650. Ha, I started playing name that tune and heard Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town, by Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, 1969. Also, what kind of antenna do you use to get so many stations. My room's on the lower level of our house and I don't get much in the way of AM stations. I only get AM1350, but would like to get a couple other stations which are within about 30 miles, that I just can't get. The same is true in my car. Is there any kind of special antenna I could use? Mine right now on the RCA is just a piece of Tie-Wire.
Those particular Philco's are very sensitive, using a well designed RF amplifier stage. I was using a 150' long wire, but they'll receive quite well on just 20' of wire. In fact, the vids showing the chassis on the floor, I'm using my 40' attic antenna. 40' of wire, looped into about 20' of attic space.
Now, higher end sets that use a loop antenna, or built in antenna as many call it. Also receive quite well. Those tuned loops can do an excellent job for the bands they're intended for.
P.S. I should add, I'm an anal SOB when it comes to properly aligning sets after a full recap, and replacement of any other parts that don't meet spec. I always try to keep tube voltages within 5 to 10 percent of specification. I will sometimes spend a few hours on a set going over the alignment again and again, and again. Most of my sets are operating about as efficiently as possible. I'm no radio genius, but I'm proud of my alignment abilities ;D
So my sets tend to operate quite well (ok, I'll stop the horn tooting ;) )
Cause i am fixing to get about 30 desk radios.
30?! :o
I have a few radios, including a 1941 RCA console, 1946 GE tabletop, and 1947 Admiral tabletop which all work. I also have a 1929 Stewart Warner console which may or may not work, but I have not had time to try it, and a few miscellaneous others.
Be careful with old radios. They are not like old phones. The voltages in tube electronics are VERY high, like +-400V. Severe electric shock and fire are serious possibilities when working on them. Also, the large capacitors can hold quite a charge, so a serious shock hazard can exist even long after the radio has been unplugged.
Larry
I like them alot. I have three GE superadio's and an old Ross shortwave Am-FM
I have about 3, so I don't consider myself as a collector. Not yet, anyway!
I have a couple hundred, almost all pre-WWII wood sets. I have decided it is time to start to thin out my collection. This turns out to be tougher to do than I expected. Lots of emotional energy went into these things, even the ones I haven't yet restored.
Bill
Kenny, I've been collecting radios longer than phones. I got my first old radio when I was 12. A 1946 Silvertone AM/SW console. It's sitting in my bedroom today and I've had it much longer than the original owner. I even took it to school one time, in the 9th grade. We had a "radio station" in our classroom and it was easy to plug the record player and mike into the phono input and then the sound came out of the radio.
In the kitchen, I have a 1936 Silvertone console with a round dial and a 1941 Philco wood table radio like my mom listened to when she was a kid. In the spare bedroom I have a 1942 Philco console with "Music on a Beam of Light." And a Grundig radio-phono in blonde oak that was my Uncle Don and Aunt Jane's wedding present in 1960. I posted a picture of the Grundig (actually one exactly like it) here...
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=2931.msg39645#msg39645 (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=2931.msg39645#msg39645)
Here's a link with pictures of the two Silvertones (at the bottom) and a few things from Bill.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=1332.msg17078#msg17078 (http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=1332.msg17078#msg17078)
In the basement are the unfinished ones. A few Atwater Kent and Zenith consoles and some others. Retirement projects, I suppose. Radios are not as easy as phones to repair or find parts for. But they do provide a lot of entertainment once they're working. The more complete the set, the easier it will be to repair.
There are several people here who can help you with some of the repairs and many websites that offer some tips for beginners. Here's one of the best sites for that...
http://www.antiqueradio.org/welcome.htm (http://www.antiqueradio.org/welcome.htm)
Like several others, I've collected old radios for ages. Big ones, small ones, all date ranges and brands. To add to the warnings already given, remember that there are NO parts inside a radio that are serviceable by a novice (except for tubes, and they're rarely bad). You can do great damage to both yourself and the radio if you start tinkering with them, without first having a little basic electronics knowledge under your belt.
You can also do great (and expensive) damage to them just by plugging them in and trying them out. With cheap radios, that's not a big deal I guess, but if you've got anything special in the lot, you won't want to take the risk of seeing if they work.
Take Jonathan's advice and check out some websites and forums to learn about what you have before you try to do anything with them.
I only have one, a non-working decor piece.
Brinybay:
I thought that you had used "Photoshop" to add an arrow into the picture pointing at the phone sitting on the radio. What a cool touch to make the arrow in a woodgrain tone!
Oh wait, its the corner of a picture frame on the wall!
Terry
Kenny;
Are they tube radios or transistor radios or a mix.
List some of what you may get and prices to make sure you are getting a good deal.
D/P
Terry; I thought the same thing at first glance :D
they are a mix and between 30-40 of them he wants 30 for the lot
Quote from: ae_collector on September 02, 2010, 11:32:15 AM
Brinybay:
I thought that you had "Photoshoped" an arrow into the picture pointing at the phone sitting on the radio. What a cool touch to make the arrow in a woodgrain tone!
Oh wait, its the corner of a picture frame on the wall!
Terry
Here's the bigger picture and a pic with the doors open.
Brinybay,
I just found the thing that you need to complete your picture: http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/clt/1924687698.html (http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/clt/1924687698.html).
Larry
Mostly Philco's with a few Zeniths (especially Trans-Oceanic's) for good measure. Here is my YouTube channel. Have several vids of these sets in operation and restored condition.
http://www.youtube.com/user/weiwdxnw3nywyxrc98/videos?view=0
oh I have some radios
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7EUrYj2n18&list=PL4CFF00B5914FBCB4&feature=mh_lolz
1946 Belmont 6 D 111
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRumDBQ7xQ&list=PL4CFF00B5914FBCB4
46 Philco 46- 420
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egRumDBQ7xQ&list=PL4CFF00B5914FBCB4
Telsa 308 U Talisman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7LOLbfU9VY&list=PL4CFF00B5914FBCB4
Grantline 605 A (sold it to a guy in England 77 dollars shipping!)
now I did a crazy thing and got the belmont "pimped" lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9spt3fqIyhM&list=PL4CFF00B5914FBCB4
My unrestored (except capacitors) Atwater Kent from 1935, in daily use (mostly with an mp3 player connected to the grammophone switch for having a style typical of the 1930's music.
Page 1 of this thread is a good example, again, of why pictures need to be ON the forum :P
Since we are on the topic of radios. I have finally acquired a radio I've been wanting for many years in fantastic condition. It is a 1948 AM red RCA hand painted oriental 75X18. Awhile back I won one of these in much worse condition and it arrived severely damaged. This is truly a beautiful piece and I've never seen one in this condition! Usually, the hand painted design is chipped away, paint fades to a very orange color, and the clear plastic dial lens always turns yellow. I have quite a few variations of this style radio and I think the design was far ahead of its time.
Light bulb is burnt out on my red RCA 75 x18. Here is an illuminated dial on my black RCA 75 x 17. It really is beautiful. I get a few news channels and Latin stations on this.
This is the Emerson BD-197, made in 1938 and known as the "Mae West" radio (for a pair of obvious reasons). I paid $400 for it, owned it for about 10 years, recently sold it for about $1200 to a guy who turned it around on eBay for about $1500. I'm actually regretting letting it go - not because of the money, but because it was such a cool piece on my display shelf. I miss seeing it every day.
Bill
I love old radios. Bill that Mae West is awesome. I can sure understand how you would miss it now that it's gone. You'll have to be on the hunt for another.
I have one old radio, a Zenith 8S-463 from 1940. It sits in my office with 3 colored 302's atop of it. I sometimes imagine that someone sat around this radio listening to historical events, like the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. They're a great piece of American history, just like our telephones.
Hey Dennis, what you wrote inspired me to make this short clip for you :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4NhgHISBw8&list=HL1388065615&feature=mh_lolz
Haf
Very cool, Haf! Thank you for uploading that video. That is exactly what I had in mind when I think of all the news items that came across the radio. At that time is was the best method of keeping up with events of the day.
Haf, I just subscribed, this will be fun watching your payphone videos.
Ben
Hi Ben, as you like it I changed some vids from private to public :)
Hope you like it, Haf
Thanks Haf, I will definitely enjoy these videos later.
Ben
And the verdict is - (drum roll)
IT'S TOAST!I found a retired technician in my area who would do a free analysis of my 1929 Majestic Model 90 and only charge for repairs. Read it for yourself. Although I was disappointed, I wasn't too surprised, plus there's an upside to this in that I was feeling guilty spending money to fix it when we have so many other things around here that need attention, such as our microwave just conked out, plus the fact Christmas will be upon us soon, so in that respect it's a relief. The radio chassis and speaker I'll keep in the radio, but that heavy power supply will be added to the e-waste we have, next to the microwave.
P.S. If you're in the greater Seattle area, here's his contact info:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/atq/4608212987.html ( dead link 04-06-21 )QuoteGood morning Greg.
I have finished the inspection of your radio. Unfortunately I have bad news for you. There are several major issues in both the power supply and RF/Audio sections.
First - relative to the power supply, the ballast resistor (the one on the small separate chassis with the power cord and switch) is totally destroyed and is problematic as to a replacement. Second within the power supply chassis there is an open coil on one of the filter chokes. The power transformer is questionable but might be ok. There is an open high wattage power resistor. The wiring would need total replacement as the old rubber insulation is brittle and coming off most of the wires. Lastly, the filter capacitor block would need to be replaced with new capacitors.
Second - in the RF section there was a catastrophic failure of one of the bypass capacitor blocks. Due to a short in the capacitors the tar inside the metal case melted and flowed outside the case in huge amounts. That most likely was the cause of the power supply failure. If that is the only problem these capacitors can be replaced with new. There is an issue with at least one of the RF transformers as it most likely is open. Often I can repair these, but not always. The others look ok but would need to be opened up to see for sure.
So with all that I am thinking this radio needs too much to be salvageable. Because of that I would not like to take it on for restoration due to the complexity and costs associated. I can imagine your cost being well in excess of $300.00. And if I started on it and found the power transformer bad then that would be the end of it. I wouldn't know that until I got the other power supply issues fixed and then try the power supply with power on.
There is a reasonable chance the RF/Audio section can be fixed however. But again I wouldn't know that without further testing.
So I think it best if you just pick up the parts and do what you want with the radio. There is NO charge for my evaluation!!
Again, sorry for the bad news but that sometimes is what happens with these very old sets.
Bob
This is a promotional radio that radio stations gave their advertisers. It dates from the 1950/60s. I searched the Broadcast Yearbooks, which are on line and lists all commercial stations on the air in a certain year. It is a tube radio that is tuned to only one frequency, in this case 99.9 FM. The radio is a bit unusual as it is a FM receiver. Back in the 1950/60s AM ruled the airwaves. The Broadcast Yearbook tells me that WWYN was in Erie PA and that it went out of business about 1971. It's format was "fine music".
Hello Brinybay, You should not dispose of the power supply to your radio as it is more restorable by an experienced collector/tech than you have been led to believe, and without a major portion of the chassis the radio is not particularly restorable. For example the ballast can be rebuilt with a series of power resistors mounted inside the old ballast shell. filter chokes are easily scrounged from old tube type tv and radio chassis that long time collectors often have stashed,value of chokes usually not too critical. Other resistors and capacitors are easy to find new or salvaged. Schematics to old radios are far easier to find than those to some phones, especially some early payphone variations. The cabinet to your radio looks very nice and that's the hard part. Since its as old as very collectible phones it would be a shame to junk an important part of the chassis making future restoration impractical. I don't take in repairs my self as I work full time as an electronic tech and barely have time to work on my own stuff, although I did live in Mt Vernon till age six. Perhaps in the future you could trade a few phones to another collector/tech in your area for repairs as they often collect both. russell, collector and repairer of early phones, radios and tvs since the 1970s.
Quote from: Russ62 on August 29, 2014, 07:51:47 PM
Hello Brinybay, You should not dispose of the power supply to your radio as it is more restorable by an experienced collector/tech than you have been led to believe, and without a major portion of the chassis the radio is not particularly restorable. For example the ballast can be rebuilt with a series of power resistors mounted inside the old ballast shell. filter chokes are easily scrounged from old tube type tv and radio chassis that long time collectors often have stashed,value of chokes usually not too critical. Other resistors and capacitors are easy to find new or salvaged. Schematics to old radios are far easier to find than those to some phones, especially some early payphone variations. The cabinet to your radio looks very nice and that's the hard part. Since its as old as very collectible phones it would be a shame to junk an important part of the chassis making future restoration impractical. I don't take in repairs my self as I work full time as an electronic tech and barely have time to work on my own stuff, although I did live in Mt Vernon till age six. Perhaps in the future you could trade a few phones to another collector/tech in your area for repairs as they often collect both.
russell, collector and repairer of early phones, radios and tvs since the 1970s.
Not going to be junked, there's hope after all:
QuoteOK, I have spent some time going over the RF section. Results: All the tubes are good. I have tested the RF coils and they are good. Two power resistors are good. Volume control is good. So it appears that everything but the capacitors are ok. But that's a 90% probability as there could be something else that I didn't find. So what I propose is to replace all the capacitors and then we will have to wait for a good power supply to see how the radio performs. The charge for all the capacitors in the RF section and my testing done in that unit will be $120.00. That's a minor risk on your part I think. No charge for checking the power supply, so far.
I am going to bid on that ballast resistor (the one on ebay) and if we find another model 90 power supply then we can use it. If not then I'll just put it in my inventory for another time. So let me know if I should proceed.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: craigslist reply 557f
Sent: Aug 29, 2014 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: Antique Radio Restoration Service
Hi Bob
I would like to proceed with further testing on the RF section to see exactly what is wrong with it. So that there's no misunderstandings, I'm going to assume that this would be beyond your initial free visual inspection, and I'm ok with that. If there is nothing drastically wrong, please give me an estimate of what it would cost before proceeding with actual repairs. Provided everything goes well, like you said, I would at least have that part of it working, then we can concentrate on getting a proper power supply for it. If it goes the other way and the RF section is also toast, then I guess we'll stop there and I'll come get the parts. I would still need that RF section as part of the overall looks of the radio
Greg
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Subject: Re: Antique Radio Restoration Service
As for the RF section, I think there is a good chance it can be made to work. We know of the capacitor can that shorted out and caused the mess of tar that leaked out, but that is the only visual problem I saw. I would be happy to check it out further, and then if nothing major shows up I could replace all the old capacitors in that section, test the tubes and give it a good overhaul. That way you would have at least that part in good order. It's your call on that.
As for the power supply, I too see various power supplies for sale on eBay, and some of them might be usable in this radio. It's important to get all the correct voltages, so you need to know what you are buying for that. The most important voltages are for the tube filaments. The high voltages for the RF tubes are not as important to be exactly as produced by the original power supply. Actually I have a restored Stewart Warner power supply in excellent working condition that I considered telling you about. There is one issue with using it however, your radio calls for two separate 5 volt filament windings and my unit only has one. I think that might be a problem trying to make do with just one winding. If I were to get the RF section in working condition then I could try my power supply to see if it would work. Then another option would be to try and find a suitable original one on eBay. Incidentally I did see for sale on eBay an original model 90 ballast resistor for sale that is in good working condition. That is one of the issues your power supply has, so if you wanted to purchase that on the chance you can later find an original power supply box you would have that part already on hand. I think the price for the ballast resistor will be about $20. including shipping, unless it gets bid up which I doubt. The auction for that item ends in about 3-4 days. If interested I can give you the eBay item number.
So lots to think about for you. Let me know how to proceed.
Hello Brinybay, I wouldn't change to a different brand or model power supply. That would create a low value Frankenradio The original is perfectly repairable. Even a power transformer could be found if necessary. However replacing with the exact same power supply would be no big deal. Like the phones these sets were mass produced by the many thousands, and parts and chassis show up all the time at swapmeets radio collector forum classifieds and so on. However, I would probably be chased off a radio collectors forum as I don't do the total capacitor replacement they encourage now a days but repair to the component level like I've been doing for over 40 years to preserve originality, yet I have sets I repaired many years that still work fine.
I have a Crosley and a Toshiba portable.
Quote from: Russ62 on August 30, 2014, 02:46:04 AM
Hello Brinybay, I wouldn't change to a different brand or model power supply. That would create a low value Frankenradio The original is perfectly repairable. Even a power transformer could be found if necessary. However replacing with the exact same power supply would be no big deal. Like the phones these sets were mass produced by the many thousands, and parts and chassis show up all the time at swapmeets radio collector forum classifieds and so on. However, I would probably be chased off a radio collectors forum as I don't do the total capacitor replacement they encourage now a days but repair to the component level like I've been doing for over 40 years to preserve originality, yet I have sets I repaired many years that still work fine.
I want to share what you said earlier regarding rebuilding the power supply, but I'm hesitant because I don't want to sound like I'm challenging his credentials. I spoke with him when I met him to drop of the radio, he's come full circle on this stuff. He cut his teeth on the same kind of electronic technology when these types of radios where still relatively young, a radio technician in the Army and then a technician for Boeing until he retired.
I had posted on other threads but I have missed this one. The RCA 75X## examples were quite beautiful. They are good performers and simple enough not to easily sour a novice. I have 2 75X11's, 1 restored and one to restore. I also have a RCA Victor 8R71. I have a Hallicrafters S-107 and then my Magnavox consoles. I also have a couple of battery models, a RCA Victor BP-10 and a Motorola 1A5.
I own a few radios, or things with radios.
Photo 1 (Left to Right): A Panasonic TR-475 "pop-up" TV with AM/FM radio, a Sears Reveille (on top of TV, AM only) travel clock/radio, and a Penncrest clock/radio (AM only).
Photo 2: A General Electric 1479-B (I think) AM/FM clock/radio. This used to be my main alarm clock until the radio stopped working (I'll get this fixed at some point).
Photo 3: A Magnavox stereo system with AM/FM. I'm going to get rid of this at some point, but I haven't gotten around to it.
Photo 4: A Montgomery Ward portable TV with AM/FM radio.
Photo 5: An Aimcee (AMC) C-15 AM only clock/radio. This has become my main alarm clock after my GE stopped working.
Photo 6: My NuTone 2071 intercom with AM/FM and FM stereo. This used to live in the wall of my grandparents house, but now I own it and will turn it into a cabinet stereo.
I use a Montgomery Ward Airline Multi-band almost weekly. Picks up about everything and even on those says when it doesn't (likes to walk a bit) i can still ise the input jack.