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Loggings => Shortwave Broadcast => Topic started by: Davep on April 26, 2017, 1701 UTC
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https://m.youtube.com/?client=mv-google#/watch?v=Oa8dXbBFDKs
This G was one of the last ,made in the 2nd week of Feb, 1951
It was originally sold to Mr Lawrence Crump of New York city , and likely purchased there.
I recovered it literally from a barn in Gloucester Va, along with a Radiola 18 buried under an auto transmission sometime late 90's.
It plays nicely on all bands.
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How do you like it? By odd circumstance, I wound up with 3. The original found at a consignment shop for $90 which needed more work than I could do. The second online for a bargain was advertised as "for parts" - which I was getting for cosmetic parts for the first, but with minor work is in great shape. The third was given to me as a friend was downsizing, it had been his father's, and knew I had a fondness for radios. The way he first described it to me, I thought it was a 8G005Y (model just before G500). This one needs a just little work but still works well. I love my G500's - I do wish the bands were more exhaustive.
Now, if you know where I can get a front cover for a 7G605, you'll be my friend for life. By the way, I found my '37 Emerson (Ingraham cabinet) AR-176 for sale buried in a barn in rural Pennsylvania.
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The limited band coverage they changed in the H model with a nice 4-8 mhz , instead of just the 49mb. Wide tuning over what's there though!
Also have working H and a Hallicrafters TW 1000 , a TO clone. Great sound/ working but also needs front door(!)
Nice on the 7g605 , I've only seen one in the wild. Have you gone over it?
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For things I can't handle myself, I found someone (an hour's drive) that will repair things at a reasonable rate. So, the bomber works well - albeit shows its age. He has a steady stream of customers so there can be a wait. It took a year for the 7G605 to come home, 6 months for most items. He will also search out cosmetic parts and will not secure if he feels it is a price gouge. Why I'm looking for a front cover.
I presume you ID-ed your previous owner of the g500 from an inside label. The 7G605 belonged to a Lt. R H Clarke in the Utility Squadron of USNR (from label inside). I traced him to ship leaving Tunisia in 1943 heading to occupy Italy....but that's the end of what I have found.
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Interesting, I wonder if it traveled with him.
That cover is gonna be tough to find , many people report theirs are missing.
You might be able to have it reproduced,
http://www.antiqueradios.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=196293