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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:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1960 ?: XD60V Ch= 5F03 Zenith XD60V Front View #1		USA:  Fisher Radio; New York (NY) 1965 ?: XP-10 Fisher XP-10 Speakers front view
	USA:  Admiral (brand) Continental Radio ... 1965 ??: YH371GP Eight Transistor Ch= 8C4		USA:  RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.); New Yor... 1954 : 4-X-646 Ch= RC-1140 RCA 4-X-646 Front View #1
	USA:  Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. C... 1948 ?: 5A7C HS-165 Motorola 5A7C Front Open		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 1936 : 5S29 Ch= 5513 or 5513A Zenith 5-S-29 Front View		USA:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1937/38 : 6AT4 Ch= 6A Fairbanks Morse 6AT4 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... 1954/55 : 6-XD-5B "The Glendon" Ch= RC-1146A RCA 6-XD-5B Front View #1
	USA:  United Radio Corporation (Peerless... 1928/29 : 7-A Peerless Magnetic Reproducer Peerless 7-A Speaker Front View		USA:  Zenith Radio Corp.; Chicago, IL 1936 : 7D119 Ch= 5707 Zenith 7D119 Front View #1
	USA:  Motorola Inc. (ex Galvin Mfg.Co. C... 1950 : 7-XM-21 ch= HS-218 Motorola 7XM21 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... 1939 : 9Q4 Ch= RC-478 RCA 9Q4 Front View #1		USA:  Crosley Radio Corp.; Cincinnati (OH) 1951 ?: 11-129U Ch= 312
	USA:  Colonial Radio Co.; Long Island an... 1925 :  16-6 Colonial 16-6 Front View #1		USA:  Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co... 1933/34 : 16B 16/16A-121 Version 1 Philco 16b Front View #1
	USA:  Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co... 1934 : 16B 16/16A-125 Version 3 Philco 16b Front View		USA:  Philco, Philadelphia Stg. Batt. Co... 1935 : 16B 16/16A-125 Version 4 Philco 16b 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:  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:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1936/37 : 58-T-1 Ch= 58 Fairbanks Morse 58 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:  Fairbanks, Morse & Co.; Chicago (IL) 1936/37 : 72-T-3 Ch= 72		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... 1948 : 75X17 Ch= RC1050B RCA 75X17 Front view		USA:  Watterson Radio Mfg. Co., Dallas, TX 1941 ??: 78 Watterson 78 Front View #2
	USA:  Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Ind... 1938 : 78 Ch= RE-37 Arvin 78 Front View		D:  SABA; Villingen 1963/64 :  80US Saba US80 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:  Stromberg-Carlson Co. ; Rochester ... 1937 : 228-H Stromberg Carlson 228-H Front View		USA:  Fisher Radio; New York (NY) 1969/70 :  500-TX Fisher 500TX Front View #1
	USA:  Western Electric Company Inc.; New... 1924 : 540-AW Hornless Loudspeaker		USA:  Hickok Electrical Instrument Co.; ... 1956 : 605A Tube Tester-VOM Hickok 605A Top View
	USA:  Arvin, brand of Noblitt-Sparks Ind... 1936–38 : 617B Rhythm Maid (E-617B) Arvin 617B Front View		USA:  Fisher Radio; New York (NY) 1963–68 :  800C Fisher 800C Front View (White Lettering Dial Version)
	USA:  EICO (Electronic Instrument Co.Inc... 1961 : 1064S Battery Eliminator and Charger		J:  Sansui Electric Co., Ltd.; Tokyo 1971 :  2000X Sansui 2000x Front View
	GB:  Grundig Ltd., London 1958 ?: 2068/GB Grundig 2068/GB Front View #1		USA:  Silver - Marshall; Chicago, IL 1930 ??: 2674 "Senator" A-B-C Power Unit

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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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