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Author Topic: WRMI 9395 khz 4/24/17 /Zenith T.O G500  (Read 1417 times)

Offline Davep

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WRMI 9395 khz 4/24/17 /Zenith T.O G500
« on: April 26, 2017, 1701 UTC »
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.  

« Last Edit: April 26, 2017, 1711 UTC by Davep »
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Re: WRMI 9395 khz 4/24/17 /Zenith T.O G500
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2017, 2111 UTC »
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.
« Last Edit: April 26, 2017, 2255 UTC by Ct Yankee »
Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire.  With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
QTH:  Durham, Connecticut (rural setting, 15 miles north of Long Island Sound)
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Re: WRMI 9395 khz 4/24/17 /Zenith T.O G500
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2017, 0003 UTC »
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?
« Last Edit: April 27, 2017, 0025 UTC by Davep »
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Re: WRMI 9395 khz 4/24/17 /Zenith T.O G500
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2017, 0913 UTC »


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.
Tecsun H501x (broadcast received on this unless noted), Zenith T/O G500, Zenith T/O Royal 7000, Emerson AR-176, Zenith 8S154, T/O 7G605 (Bomber), Tecsun PL-600, Tecsun PL-880, Zenith 5S320, Realistic DX 160 using 40 feet of copper wire.  With apologies to Senator Gramm for his thoughts on firearms, "I have more radios than I need but not as many as I want."
QTH:  Durham, Connecticut (rural setting, 15 miles north of Long Island Sound)
qsl please to:  jamcanner@comcast.net  (Thank you)

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Re: WRMI 9395 khz 4/24/17 /Zenith T.O G500
« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2017, 1410 UTC »
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
« Last Edit: April 27, 2017, 2005 UTC by Davep »
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