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Year of Radio
#1

I inherated a floor model from my grandparents and decided to try to find out the year on it. I have looked through all the year data and only found what I think is the furniture part number (A-801) and the label is different than the ones in the online doc. I have included an attachment of the label.

Thanks for your help.


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#2

Please post a photo of the front of the radio.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
#3

As Ron suggested, a photo of the radio itself would be helpful. Here’s the link to the 1942 Model A-801 image we have in our gallery.
https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1942b/#Model_A-801
#4

Looks like 1942 is correct. I didn't see that much detail in the online doc. I did find the schematics and the cabinet.
Attached are other pictures for reference.

I do have the cabinet as well, I just took the radio out so I could look at it and with this sites help maybe get it working again.

Thanks for the help.


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#5

Marc22 Wrote:I inherated a floor model

This comment implies that the radio is an upright console radio and not the typical A-801 chairside.

Is this true, or is it a chairside which looks like the A-801 in the Gallery?

https://philcoradio.com/gallery2/1942b/#Model_A-801

If it is a console and not identical to the set in the Gallery, then please help us out by posting a photo of the radio cabinet itself.

Thanks.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
#6

It is the A-801 chairside model.
#7

I don't know how many of you use Scott Harvey's Universal Schematic Locator for Rider, Beitman and Sams. Although it is a very convenient program I have found errors and omissions. The A-801 is a case in point - it doesn't appear in Scott's program under "A-801" (as it is called in this thread, on the sticker, and in Rider Vol. 14) or under "A801" (as it is called in the 1942 RMS Year Book). Instead it appears as "A 801." What complicates matters is that the Rider index calls it "A801." I have edited my copy of the Riders database for Scott's program to index it under "A-801" or "A801." Scott's web site is long gone, so I have posted the program on my site. Note that it does not include any of my edits.

Dale H. Cook, GR/HP/Tek Collector, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
https://plymouthcolony.net/starcity/radios/




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