Un long chemin de la maison

[Charlie]

There are two markings... one is a tag on the top left front that says Blue Ribbon. I don't think that was the brand. The other is on the speaker... branded Duskon and says Made in France. There was nothing on the dial that looked like a brand name. On the inside, it's got 5 tubes... and 80 and 42 that I can see without pulling them. Looks like they are all branded Visseaux. I was surprised to see a miniature tube there in the middle... perhaps a regulator or ballast tube? The insides also look complete in this set, but one of the transformer cans is not secured well.

There is no dial glass, and I was trying to figure out if one ever existed. The bezel is aluminum, and while there are indeed grooves where the glass could fit, it does not appear that there's a way to get a piece of glass in there. Will investigate further later. The dial itself appears to sport 3 light bulbs behind the dial that light up depending on which band it selected... kinda cool. Unfortunately, the indicator on the upper right has a hole in it... showing the bulb right behind the hole. Apparently, this was the band that was used the most.

The veneer on the front upper right is peeling... and is paper thin. I can likely glue it back in place, but being so thin, it may be difficult to strip and refinish.

After pulling the voltage selector jumper plug, I realized it's a 1.5 amp fuse that appears to be fine... but I will put the meter on it to make sure it's not open.

The paper cones in both speakers appear to be intact and in good condition.

I'm guessing that someone very recently tried to plug these in. You'll notice a new plug on the end of the Familial... it has a bar code sticker on it. I certainly hope they didn't fry anything in there. The other radio has an older style plug on the end of the cord.

I'm going to assume that I will not be able to get schematics for these sets since there's no model numbers... unless I get real lucky and someone on the other side of the pond recognizes these sets. As long as the markings on the capacitors are the same as would be used here in the states, I should be able to recap them easily. I don't plan on pulling the chassis at this time because I still have work to do on my CTC9 and have lots of yardwork to finish outside. For those of you that have been here before, you know that I have lots of yard to upkeep!!

Anyway, that's what I have to show off today. I hope to get at least one of them operational. If anyone can tell me anything about either one... lemme know.