What I'd like to know is if this radio I rescued is common enough to find any tubes I might need. There only seems to be one missing, marked "Multiplex power tube". I don't know about the condition of the other tubes but the whole unit seems to have been taken care of over the years. Here is the info I got from the cabinet:
RCA Victor
Stereo Orthophonic
High Fidelity
SCH 863-SCH 864
1945-1953
From the metal case, electronic section:
CRC630 4 A 01
2 I T O
If I can restore the radio, nevermind the phono or other functions, I will restore the wooden, floor standing cabinet as well.
-ray-
P.S.-I was a radio announcer in the Hamilton/Toronto area for 25 years.
There is a SHC8 series that dates about 1959 or thereabouts, how about coming back with all of the tubes #'s that are being utilized in the unit.
In that series the power tube seems to be an octal 5Y3. With octal 6V6's and miniature 9 pin 6CG7's being in the stereo power amp sections. My pic shows about a 3-4 ft high unit maybe ~2 ft wide with grille cloth across all of the front with the access to the controls and record changer being thru a lift up top lid.
Your numbers with the highest 1953 year numbering seems to be insignificant; as it is too early to have validated the development of STEREO.....as it came onto the scene a bit later.
If using the numbers that I gave above, they are still readily available today.
73's de Edd
:Greetings,
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: What I'd like to know is if this radio I rescued is common enough to find any tubes I might need. There only seems to be one missing, marked "Multiplex power tube". I don't know about the condition of the other tubes but the whole unit seems to have been taken care of over the years. Here is the info I got from the cabinet:
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:RCA Victor
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:Stereo Orthophonic
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:High Fidelity
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:SCH 863-SCH 864
:
:1945-1953
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:
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:From the metal case, electronic section:
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:CRC630 4 A 01
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:2 I T O
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:
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:If I can restore the radio, nevermind the phono or other functions, I will restore the wooden, floor standing cabinet as well.
:
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:
:-ray-
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:P.S.-I was a radio announcer in the Hamilton/Toronto area for 25 years.
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:There is a SHC8 series that dates about 1959 or thereabouts, how about coming back with all of the tubes #'s that are being utilized in the unit.
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:In that series the power tube seems to be an octal 5Y3. With octal 6V6's and miniature 9 pin 6CG7's being in the stereo power amp sections. My pic shows about a 3-4 ft high unit maybe ~2 ft wide with grille cloth across all of the front with the access to the controls and record changer being thru a lift up top lid.
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:Your numbers with the highest 1953 year numbering seems to be insignificant; as it is too early to have validated the development of STEREO.....as it came onto the scene a bit later.
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:If using the numbers that I gave above, they are still readily available today.
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:73's de Edd
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::Greetings,
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:: What I'd like to know is if this radio I rescued is common enough to find any tubes I might need. There only seems to be one missing, marked "Multiplex power tube". I don't know about the condition of the other tubes but the whole unit seems to have been taken care of over the years. Here is the info I got from the cabinet:
::
::RCA Victor
::
::Stereo Orthophonic
::
::High Fidelity
::
::SCH 863-SCH 864
::
::1945-1953
::
::
::
::From the metal case, electronic section:
::
::CRC630 4 A 01
::
::2 I T O
::
::
::
::If I can restore the radio, nevermind the phono or other functions, I will restore the wooden, floor standing cabinet as well.
::
::
::
::-ray-
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::P.S.-I was a radio announcer in the Hamilton/Toronto area for 25 years.
I seem to recall that about that time, some manufacturers made a provision for multiplexing outputs to drive a converter for "elevator music", which was put on a 67KHz subcarrier (and still is, I guess), I built a converter for a man who wanted background music in his house back in the fifties, and the tuner used a "multiplex output". Later, stereo adapters came out using that output, and converted an old tuner to a stereo system.
Lewis
Lewis
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