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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:  Fisher Radio; New York (NY) 1962 ?: FM-AM Multiplex Tuner R-200 Fisher R-200 Front View		USA:  Sterling Manuf. Co.; Cleveland, Ohio 1927 : Vacuum Tube Reactivator R-403 Sterling R-403 Front View #3
	USA:  United Motors Service (Delco) 1937 : Delco R1120 Delco R1120 Front View		USA:  Westinghouse El. & Mfg. Co. - see ... 1960 ??: Audio IV Network Quadtrix Type RCX1000A
	USA:  Ross Electronics Corp.; Chicago (IL) 1970 ??: FM/AM/SW Twin Speaker RE-1915-N Solid State Ross RE-1915-N Front View		J:  Technics (brand) 1975 ??: AM/FM Stereo Receiver SA-918
	USA:  Sencore; Sioux Falls (SD) 1965 ??: AM-FM Stereo Analyzer SG165 Sencore SG165 Front View		USA:  Crosley Radio (Retro Electronics);... 1999 : Collector´s Edition Radio CR-81 Sparton 566 Bluebird Ch= 506 (replica) Crosley CR81 Front View
	USA:  Hickok Electrical Instrument Co.; ... 1956 : 605A Tube Tester-VOM Hickok 605A Top View		USA:  Phenix Radio Corp.; New York 1924 : Ultraformer Type "A" and "B" Ultraformer Type "A" View #1
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1924 : Radiola III (3) AR-805 Type RI (ri) RCA Radiola III Top View		USA:  GTC, General Transformer Corporati... 1935 ??: Porta-Power U General transformer Corp Porta Power Model U Front View #1
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1928–30 : LOUDSPEAKER 106 UZ-642 AC RCA Radiola 106 Speaker Front View		USA:  Freshman Co. Inc., Chas.., (Polydy... 1925 : Masterpiece 5F4 window dials no C-battery Freshman Masterpiece Front View
	USA:  Grebe, A.H. & Co.; Richmond Hill (... 1924 : Synchrophase MU1 without chain table Grebe MU-1 Front View		USA:  Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airl... 1951/52 : Airline 15WG1813B Order= 62 C 1813 R Airline 15WG-1813B front view
	USA:  Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. C... 1960 ?: B6W Motorola B6W Front View		USA:  Bogen (-Presto), David Co., Inc.; ... 1959 ?: BT25
	USA:  General Electric Co. (GE); Bridgep... 1936 : Colorama E-101 General Electric E-101 Front View		USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1938 : D724 Truetone (1938) Truetone (Western Auto) Front View
	USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1936 : D725 Truetone D-725 Front View		USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1940 ?: D1123 Truetone Truetone D-1123 Front View
	USA:  Fisher Radio; New York (NY) 1983 ??: DS-153 Fisher DS-153 Speaker - Front View		USA:  Globe Electric Co.; Milwaukee, Wis... 1924 : Duodyne 815 new Globe Electric Duodyne 815 Front View #1
	J:  Sansui Electric Co., Ltd.; Tokyo 1972 ?: Eight (8) Sansui Eight Front View		USA:  Griffin-Smith Mfg. Co.; Los Angele... 1937 ??: Goldentone G9 tabletop Goldentone G9 Front View #2
	USA:  Molded Insulation Co.; Philadelphi... 1965 ??: ISOTAP WP-26A		USA:  Allied Radio Corp. (Knight, Roamer... 1962 ??: Knight Stereo Control Knight Stereo Control front view
	USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1928 : Loudspeaker 103 RCA Radiola 103 Front View		USA:  Sonora Radio & Telev. Corp.; Chica... 1948 ?: RET Sonora RET Front View
	USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1974 ?: RF88Y Five Band AC-Battery Portable Radio		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1960 ??: RJD12Y (white) RCA RJD12Y Front View
	USA:  Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1936 : Silvertone 4569 Sears Silvertone 4569 Front View		USA:  Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1936 : Silvertone 7172 Silvertone 7172 Front View #1
	USA:  Sparks-Withington Co., (Sparton); ... 1926 : Sparton 5-15 Sparton 5-15 Front View		USA:  Fisher Radio; New York (NY) 1987 ??: STV-870 Fisher STV-870 Front View Cover Removed
	USA:  Thorola, Winkler-Reichmann Co.; Ch... 1923 ?: Thorola 321 Audio Transformer Thorola 321 Audio transformer Front View #1		USA:  Western Auto Supply Co. (Truetone)... 1935–39 : Truetone D-711 Supreme Dial Type 2 Truetone D-711 Front View
	USA:  Jefferson Electric Mfg. Co.; Chica... 1927 : Tube Rejuvenator Jefferson Tube Rejuvenator Front View #1		USA:  Fisher Radio; New York (NY) 1965 ?: XP-10 Fisher XP-10 Speakers front view
	USA:  United Radio Corporation (Peerless... 1928/29 : 7-A Peerless Magnetic Reproducer Peerless 7-A Speaker Front View		USA:  Atwater Kent Mfg. Co.; Philadelphi... 1929 : 47 Atwater Kent 47 Front View
	USA:  Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH) 1924 : 52 Crosley 52 Front View		USA:  Montgomery Ward & Co. (Wards, Airl... 1936/37 : 62-416 Order= 462 C 416 Airline 62-416 Front View
	USA:  Jackson-Bell Co. (pre 1935); Los A... 1930 : 62 "Sunburst" or "Sunrise" 1st series Jackson Bell 62 Front View		USA:  Majestic Radio & Television Co.,(p... 1937 : 66 table model Majestic 66 Front View
	USA:  Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co... 1935 : 66S Philco 66S Front View		USA:  Watterson Radio Mfg. Co., Dallas, TX 1941 ??: 78 Watterson 78 Front View #2
	USA:  Stromberg-Carlson Co. ; Rochester ... 1937 : 228-H Stromberg Carlson 228-H Front View		USA:  Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Ind... 1936–38 : 617B Rhythm Maid (E-617B) Arvin 617B 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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