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Kirbyc · « **on:** January 07, 2020, 10:18:22 pm »

I mentioned in my introduction that one of my other hobbies was antique radios. This is one I just finished, a GE E-91 radio from 1936. The Colorama dial was only used for one year. The color of the dial changes from red to green as the station is tuned in.
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Pitchy · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2020, 06:13:45 am »

Very nice, i like old radio`s also and have a couple plus a bunch of crystal radio`s.

jkbixby · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2020, 06:47:12 am »

Good looking radio with a neat dial - reminds me of the old Zenith we listened to BT (before television).

crazydoug · « **Reply #3 on:** January 08, 2020, 11:20:04 am »

Nice to see someone is still into the old radios. Radios were the first of my different collections, starting 57 yrs ago! I sold most of them a few years back to make room ( and money) for steam engines. I still have a few crystal sets, a restored Philco 90B, a few horns, and a bunch of the metal AK table top models. The AKs would be gone, but the shipping is more than they are worth-they were still magnificent radios in their day.
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Kirbyc · « **Reply #4 on:** January 08, 2020, 09:29:12 pm »

Thanks for the compliments. I know what you mean about the AK’s, I’ve got a pretty good selection of them myself.

txlabman · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2020, 03:58:41 am »

Congratulations on the restoration of the GE E-91.

I would be interested in seeing a picture with the back off exposing the tubes. Does this radio have an electric cord or does it use the old A/B Battery Configuration?

Kirbyc · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2020, 08:46:26 pm »

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Here’s a shot of the back. It’s not powered on because all of the tubes are metal so no glow. Also, there is a 25 volt transformer mounted above the power transformer. The original transformer was replaced sometime in the past with one without the 25 volt windings for the Colorama display so I had to add this as well as repair the display that was modified to work like a regular dial light. It does run on house current.

SteamerJ · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2020, 03:00:17 pm »

Very nice!

I have 3 Hallicrafters and a Hammarlund.

Kirbyc · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2020, 06:30:08 pm »

SteamerJ, what models?

txlabman · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2020, 07:44:36 pm »

Thanks for posting the picture of the innards. 🤠

SteamerJ · « **Reply #10 on:** January 26, 2020, 04:18:44 am »

Quote from: Kirbyc on January 23, 2020, 06:30:08 pm

SteamerJ, what models?

S20R
SX-71
SX-100 I think it’s the MarkII
HQ-140-XA

I have to say that the Hammarlund is my favorite. Not fancy and could use a tuneup but still works great!

I have a Par EF-SWL over a tree limb in the back yard. It’s only about 15 feet up but works pretty good especially being in a housing plan.

Weedensteam · « **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2020, 10:02:25 pm »

Any of you guys ever have dealings with Rob May, he was into radios as well as steam engines.

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