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John Kusching, United States of America (USA) - Radio collection

Below you find a part of the radio collection John Kusching - including other related items. I became interested in collecting and restoring tube radios in 2006 with the purchase of a small AA5 radio from an antique shop, wondering if I could get this old radio working again. In a few weeks I had replaced the capacitors and had the radio working. At that point I became very interested in tube radio's. I found an RCA 6-RF-9 radio in an antique store, which I paid $20.00 for. The radio was held together with string, the cabinet basically in pieces. This was my first wooden radio and was the first radio I refinished. It was also my first AM/FM radio. At the beginning I started purchasing any radio that had tubes, but after 6 months I started refining my tastes. Although my interests in various radio's has changed over the years, I lean toward early wooden radio's from the 1920's to the 1950's. Getting a radio that has been sitting in a barn for 50 years and then bringing that radio back to life is very interesting to me. I still remember getting an old RCA Radiola 18 which was in bad shape. It was my first TRF and I still remember the thrill of hearing it play for the first time after I had restored it, wondering when the last time this radio had played. I have posted pictures and details of my many restorations over at the Antique Radio Forum (ARF) and posts over at ARF motivated me to join the Radio Museum. I actually enjoy the restoration part of the hobby the most. Many of the radio's I have restored I give to relatives and friends.

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Part of the radio collection of John Kusching. These pictures have been uploaded to the corresponding models by John Kusching but this is not necessarily all of John Kusching's collection.

	USA:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1936/37 : 58-T-1 Ch= 58 Fairbanks Morse 58 Front View		USA:  Setchell Carlson, Inc.; St.Paul (MN) 1949 : 5803 "Jet" Ch= 58A Setchell Carlson 58A Front View
	USA:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1937/38 : 5BT2 Ch= 5B Fairbanks Morse 5BT2 Front View #1		USA:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1937/38 : 5CT3 Ch= 5C Fairbanks Morse 5C Front View
	USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1946 : 5D027 Consoltone (5DO27) Ch= 5C01 Zenith 5D027 Front View		USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1960 ?: XD60V Ch= 5F03 Zenith XD60V Front View #1
	USA:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1937/38 : 6AT4 Ch= 6A Fairbanks Morse 6AT4 Front View		USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1958 : Trans-Oceanic (TransOceanic) A600 Ch= 6A41 brown leather Zenith A600 Front Open View
	USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1954/55 : Trans-Oceanic (TransOceanic) L600 Ch= 6L40 black Zenith L600 Front View		USA:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1936/37 : 72-T-3 Ch= 72
	USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1941/42 : Trans Oceanic 7G605 (Bomber) Shortwave Portable Radio Ch= 7B04 Zenith 7G605 Front View with cover open		USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1965/66 : N731M "The Highlighter" Ch= 7N07 2-2345 American Provincial Styling Cabinet Zenith N731 Front View
	USA:  Admiral (brand) Continental Radio ... 1965 ??: YH371GP Eight Transistor Ch= 8C4		USA:  Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.; Minneapolis, MN 1949/50 : Coronado 05RA37-43-8360A Ch= 9155-A Coronado 05RA37-43-8360A Front View
	USA:  Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; ... 1940 : DS365 Ch= DS Emerson DS365 Front View #1		USA:  Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; ... 1940–42 : DS-436 (436) Ch= DS Emerson DS-436 Front View
	USA:  Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. C... 1950 : 7-XM-21 ch= HS-218 Motorola 7XM21 Front View		USA:  Stromberg-Carlson Co. ; Rochester ... 1936 : 130-H Ch= P-26246 Stromberg Carlson 130-H Front View
	USA:  Stromberg-Carlson Co. ; Rochester ... 1937 : 130-J Ch= P-26246 Stromberg Carlson 130-J Front View #1		USA:  Stromberg-Carlson Co. ; Rochester ... 1936 : 130-R Ch= P-26246 Stromberg-Carlson 130-R Front View
	USA:  Stromberg-Carlson Co. ; Rochester ... 1937 : 225-H Ch= P-27285 Stromberg Carlson 225-H Front View		USA:  General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgep... 1936 : Colorama E-91 Ch= RBS-21 General Electric E-91 Front View #1
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1947 : 75X11 Ch= RC-1050 1st Production RCA 75X11 Front View		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1949 ?: 8X71 Ch= RC-1070 RCA 8-X-71 Front View
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1950/51 : A108 Ch= RC-1096 Early Production RCA A-108 Front View		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1954 ?: 6-RF-9 The "Livingston" Ch= RC-1129A RCA 6-RF-9 Front View
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1954 : 4-X-646 Ch= RC-1140 RCA 4-X-646 Front View #1		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1954/55 : 6-XD-5B "The Glendon" Ch= RC-1146A RCA 6-XD-5B Front View #1
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1939 : 9Q4 Ch= RC-478 RCA 9Q4 Front View #1		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1948 : 75X17 Ch= RC1050B RCA 75X17 Front view
	USA:  Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Ind... 1938 : 78 Ch= RE-37 Arvin 78 Front View		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1951/52 : 45-EY-2 Ch= RS-138F Late Production RCA 45-EY-2 Front View #1
	USA:  Westinghouse El. & Mfg. Co. - see ... 1950 ?: H-318T5U Ch= V-2157U Westinghouse H-318T5 Front View		USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1936 ??: D-718 Ch= Z5 Truetone D-718 Front View
	USA:  Stewart Warner Corp.; Chicago (IL) 1936 : R-145 series chassis Stewart Warner R-145 Front View		USA:  Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co... 1958–62 : Trans-World Portable T-9 Code 124 Philco T9 Front View
	USA:  Crosley Radio (Retro Electronics);... 1998 : Collector´s Edition Radio CR 38 Crosley CR38 Front View		USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1943 ?: Truetone D-911B Truetone D-911B Front View
	USA:  Precision Apparatus Co. (Pacotroni... 1940 : Signal Generator E-200-C 6SJ7		USA:  Western Electric Company Inc.; New... 1924 : 540-AW Hornless Loudspeaker
	USA:  Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. C... 1948 ?: 5A7C HS-165 Motorola 5A7C Front Open		USA:  Heathkit (Brand), Heath Co.; Bento... 1965 ??: RF Signal Generator IG-102 Heathkit IG-102 Front View
	USA:  Heathkit (Brand), Heath Co.; Bento... 1962 : Signal Tracer IT-12 Heathkit IT-12 Front View		USA:  Phenix Radio Corp.; New York 1924 : Ultradyne L1 Lacault (Phenix) L-1 Front View
	J:  Leader Electronics Corp.; Yokohama 1980 ??: NTSC Pattern Generator LCG-396		USA:  Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.; Philadelphi... 1927 : 8930 Model 33 table set Atwater Kent 33 Front View
	USA:  Thorola, Winkler-Reichmann Co.; Ch... 1923 ?: Thorola No. 4		USA:  Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1936/37 : Silvertone 4465 Order= 57D 4465 Ch= 100.151 Silvertone 4465 Front View
	GB:  Pye Ltd., Radio Works; Cambridge 1954 ?:  P93W/U Pye P93-W/U Front View #1		USA:  Hickok Electrical Instrument Co.; ... 1947–51 ?: High Voltage Probe PR30-A

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Our member John Kusching opened his/her collection of radios and other related items on 24.Nov.2010.
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