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• Re: admiral console found - REL54 04:45:41 07/29/02 (1)
  In Reply to: admiral console found posted by rickl on July 28, 2002 at 18:49:11:

  Rick, YES you should bother. Don't let the nay sayers discourage you just because it's not a high end Marantz 8B or something like that. I have several old floor model radios that are not high end but I've had a great deal of pleasure working with them and they play just fine. I also have an old console I got from my father in law. It's not high end, top of the line, made only of the best stuff, ultra high fidelity gear, but it's FUN. I say go for it. Although you should at the very least replace the caps in the power supply. Ron
  
  

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  • Re: admiral console found - rickl 06:37:38 07/29/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: admiral console found posted by REL54 on July 29, 2002 at 04:45:41:

    Ron,
    Thanks for the reply. I'm in no hurry to get it powered up so I'll start collecting parts as needed. I'm sure once I start helping the brother in law frame the basement, I will be able to take it.

    Thanks again.

    rick
    
    

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• Re: admiral console found - Eli Duttman 20:36:39 07/28/02 (1)
  In Reply to: admiral console found posted by rickl on July 28, 2002 at 18:49:11:

  I don't think it's worth the trouble. The tube complement suggests an "EL Cheapo" design.

  In any event, you need to replace ALL the electrolytic capacitors in the unit before using a variac. Those old 'lytics have dried out for sure.

  6V6 = beam tetrode (audio O/P)
  5Y3 = full wave rectifier (power supply)
  6BA6 = remote cutoff pentode (IF amp)
  6AL5 = dual diode (FM detector)
  6SB7 = pentagrid converter (combined local oscillator/mixer)
  6SQ7 = dual diode/triode (AM detector/audio driver)
  
  Eli D.
  
  

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  • Re: admiral console found - rickl 06:56:54 07/29/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: admiral console found posted by Eli Duttman on July 28, 2002 at 20:36:39:

    Eli,
    Thanks for the reply and the tube descriptions. I figured out the 6V6 output tube and guessed the 5Y3 was the rectifier tube but didn't know about the others.

    No plans to do anything with this now. I might grab it before it gets thrown out and play around with it.

    I'll post the other vintage finds on the vintage list. Kind of fun digging through a 100 year old basement :-).

    Thanks again,
    rick

    
    
    

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