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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 : 72-T-3 Ch= 72		USA:  Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Ind... 1936–38 : 617B Rhythm Maid (E-617B) Arvin 617B Front View
	USA:  United Motors Service (Delco) 1937 : Delco R1120 Delco R1120 Front View		USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1937 : Truetone D-727 Ch= 175-E Truetone D-727 Front View #1
	USA:  Majestic Radio & Television Co.,(p... 1937 : 66 table model Majestic 66 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 ... 1937 : 225-H Ch= P-27285 Stromberg Carlson 225-H Front View		USA:  Stromberg-Carlson Co. ; Rochester ... 1937 : 228-H Stromberg Carlson 228-H Front View
	USA:  Griffin-Smith Mfg. Co.; Los Angele... 1937 ??: Goldentone G9 tabletop Goldentone G9 Front View #2		USA:  Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1937/38 : Silvertone 4664 Ch= 101.480 Order= 57F 4664 Silvertone 4664 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:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1937/38 : 6AT4 Ch= 6A Fairbanks Morse 6AT4 Front View		USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1938 : D724 Truetone (1938) Truetone (Western Auto) Front View
	USA:  Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Ind... 1938 : 78 Ch= RE-37 Arvin 78 Front View		USA:  Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1938/39 : Silvertone 6048 Ch= 101.524-1
	USA:  Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1938/39 : Silvertone 6049 Ch= 101.524-1		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1939 : 9Q4 Ch= RC-478 RCA 9Q4 Front View #1
	USA:  Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; ... 1940 : DS365 Ch= DS Emerson DS365 Front View #1		USA:  Precision Apparatus Co. (Pacotroni... 1940 : Signal Generator E-200-C 6SJ7
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1940 : Station Allocator 171 RCA 171 Front View #1		USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1940 ?: D1123 Truetone Truetone D-1123 Front View
	USA:  Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corp.; ... 1940–42 : DS-436 (436) Ch= DS Emerson DS-436 Front View		USA:  Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1941 : Silvertone 7325 Ch= 126.226 Export Sears Silvertone 7325 Front View #1
	USA:  Watterson Radio Mfg. Co., Dallas, TX 1941 ??: 78 Watterson 78 Front View #2		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:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1943 ?: Truetone D-911B Truetone D-911B Front View		USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1946 : 5D027 Consoltone (5DO27) Ch= 5C01 Zenith 5D027 Front View
	USA:  Hickok Electrical Instrument Co.; ... 1947 : Dyn. Mutual Conduct. Tube Tester 533A Hickok 533A Front View		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1947 : 75X11 Ch= RC-1050 1st Production RCA 75X11 Front View
	USA:  Hickok Electrical Instrument Co.; ... 1947–51 ?: High Voltage Probe PR30-A		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1948 : 75X17 Ch= RC1050B RCA 75X17 Front view
	USA:  Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.; Chica... 1948 ?: RET Sonora RET Front View		USA:  Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. C... 1948 ?: 5A7C HS-165 Motorola 5A7C Front Open
	USA:  Setchell Carlson, Inc.; St.Paul (MN) 1949 : 5803 "Jet" Ch= 58A Setchell Carlson 58A Front View		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1949 ?: 8X71 Ch= RC-1070 RCA 8-X-71 Front View
	USA:  Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1949 ??: Silvertone Powr Shiftr 6686 (A) Ch= 139.151 Silvertone 6686 Front View #1		USA:  Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.; Minneapolis, MN 1949/50 : Coronado 05RA37-43-8360A Ch= 9155-A Coronado 05RA37-43-8360A Front View
	USA:  Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. C... 1950 : 7-XM-21 ch= HS-218 Motorola 7XM21 Front View		USA:  Westinghouse El. & Mfg. Co. - see ... 1950 ?: H-318T5U Ch= V-2157U Westinghouse H-318T5 Front View
	USA:  Pomona Electronics (PECO); Pomona ... 1950 ??: High Voltage Test Probe 2900A		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1950/51 : A108 Ch= RC-1096 Early Production RCA A-108 Front View
	USA:  Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH) 1951 ?: 11-129U Ch= 312		USA:  Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airl... 1951/52 : Airline 15WG1813B Order= 62 C 1813 R Airline 15WG-1813B 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:  Boonton Radio Corp.; Boonton, NJ 1953 : Q Meter 260-A
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1954 : 4-X-646 Ch= RC-1140 RCA 4-X-646 Front View #1		GB:  Pye Ltd., Radio Works; Cambridge 1954 ?:  P93W/U Pye P93-W/U Front View #1
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1954 ?: 6-RF-9 The "Livingston" Ch= RC-1129A RCA 6-RF-9 Front View		USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1954/55 : Trans-Oceanic (TransOceanic) L600 Ch= 6L40 black Zenith L600 Front View

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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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