[R-390] radios at trash sites

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> My brother was telling me a story a while back about a fellow he worked with
> that found an old wood console radio out at the street.  He stopped by and
> pulled the guts out of the thing and carried it into work.  My brother
> looked at it and was amazed...it was an all chrome chassis and was
> beautiful....problem was the speaker was still in the cabinet and it was not
> the permanent magnet type.  The power supply filter choke was the
> electromagnet for the speaker plus my brother asked what kind of shape the
> cabinet was in and the guy responded it was in great shape I just didn't
> know where I was going to put it.  After a little research on the web they
> found it was a fairly expensive set and he rushed back to try and get the
> cabinet and it was gone so he went to the door and asked the folks that
> lived in the house.  Their reply was "yea we saw you pull some of the stuff
> out and figured you would come back for the rest so we put it in the garage"
> They agreed on $50 and he picked up the rest...turned out to be a very nice
> radio....seems I remember it was an old Scott.
> 
> Cecil...


I also got a very nice Sparton AM/FM console from a guy in Montgomery for
free. It is in about 90% condition with a huge speaker. Grille cloth is in
excellent condition. I replaced the rectifier 5U4 but I'm sure there is a
bad cap somewhere. I'll pull the chassis after the holidays and go over it
to recap and rewire everything. The schematics came with the console. It
looks pretty nice and I'm sure the sound is going to be quite good. I've
turned down several consoles due to a lack of space at the moment.

Well, speaking of trash, I got a pretty nice sand state combo unit, probably
for camping. It has a small B&W screen for TV, AM/FM, CB, aviation bands,
etc. Works fine. The swivel antenna was snapped off, so they tossed it on
the street. I have plenty of those already.
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Barry