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05-30-2012, 08:22 PM
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AK 427 console
From a mention in the BW forum, I moved this VK find to here. Not a great find but cheap fun. Power up later.
A local CL find in S Phila. Early 30's AC set. Very economy lowboy. Family piece that no one wanted to keep. Just as pretty as it looks. 7 tubes, AM/SW. Chassis is held in by a wood plug. No screws. And what is that switch on the back? Antenna connections are local/distant by the instructions inside the cabinet. Pix not loading right now...stay tuned.
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05-31-2012, 07:02 PM
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More on the AK 427
Got the pix to load. (Mods - had to do them one at a time).
An AM/SW two-band. Only up to about 3.5mhz. Tuner drive is a rubber ring on the tuning control which rubs against a toothed plate behind the dial. Rubber is gone. About a piece of 3/8" rubber hose should do it. A look underneath is interesting. Someone tied the local/distant antenna leads to ground. The shielded wire to the T1 coil which used to carry the L/D wires is also tied to the same ground. The proper ground is still in place. And a headset pin connection was added via a switch off of the 2nd detector. You can see it on the back. That will go away. Some hard rubber wire needs changing. A large potted container with 11 caps needs checking. Mostly .0x caps. Volume control is all but frozen. Soaking right now. And if anyone has a donor cabinet, I could use a little ornate trim piece. About 4" long near the top on the right.
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“Once you eliminate the impossible...whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." Sherlock Holmes. Last edited by Dave A; 05-31-2012 at 07:13 PM. Reason: typo
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06-01-2012, 07:06 AM
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Hi Dave
I saw that set too.Good price. I'm in Roslyn but I need another radio like a hole in the head.I've got a nice AK 206 that needs a good going over + all that rubber wire. GL Terry
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06-01-2012, 11:13 AM
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Last edited by 7"estatdef; 06-01-2012 at 11:17 AM.
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06-01-2012, 07:03 PM
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While wee talking AK, I have a friend near Ephrata with a Highboy. Could not pull it outto see model # but looks like a 55 or a 72.
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