Majestic Model 5A410 Bakelite Table Radio (1946)
This radio is nick-named the "Zephyr"
because of its streamlined, machine age
styling, right the way down to its bullet shaped
aerodynamic knobs. Surprisingly, the
loudspeaker faces out the left side, rather
than the front. Personally, I find that radios
having this characteristic sound muffled when
compared to those having forward facing
speakers.
It's an ac/dc powered all-American-five that
covers the standard broadcast band. Tubes
used are 12SA7, 12SK7, 12SQ7, 50L6GT
and 35Z5GT. I recently serviced this radio. It
needed re-capping and a replacement
35Z5GT and 50L6GT. The 35Z5GT that came
with it had an intermittent internal short that
revealed itself by blowing the pilot light! The
50L6GT was weak, having been overloaded
as a result of positive grid bias applied to it
through a leaking coupling capacitor. With
these issues taken care of and the alignment
peaked up, the radio now plays nicely.
because of its streamlined, machine age
styling, right the way down to its bullet shaped
aerodynamic knobs. Surprisingly, the
loudspeaker faces out the left side, rather
than the front. Personally, I find that radios
having this characteristic sound muffled when
compared to those having forward facing
speakers.
It's an ac/dc powered all-American-five that
covers the standard broadcast band. Tubes
used are 12SA7, 12SK7, 12SQ7, 50L6GT
and 35Z5GT. I recently serviced this radio. It
needed re-capping and a replacement
35Z5GT and 50L6GT. The 35Z5GT that came
with it had an intermittent internal short that
revealed itself by blowing the pilot light! The
50L6GT was weak, having been overloaded
as a result of positive grid bias applied to it
through a leaking coupling capacitor. With
these issues taken care of and the alignment
peaked up, the radio now plays nicely.
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