Vintage Meadwell’s 5 Vacuum Tube Stromberg-Carlson Model 153 Radio Canada Rare? … I was not able to find this radio on Google which makes me believe it was part of some sort of bigger audio cabinet system or this particular model just never made it to the USA. After I got the radio I took let it seat to for a while, too many projects on hand. Finally got around to check the radio to see if it even worked. To my surprised the radio turned on and the pilot light was lit. However no sound at all was coming out but high AC harmonics. I pulled the radio out of the cabinet and I just had to smile, it was missing the F6FG tube (output tube). Thank God, we still have some vacuum tubes around left overs from when my father-in-law had his own radio collection. I found several brands but decided to install a Zenith just because it would complemented the age of the radio. I added new pictures today detailing some of the problems I see with the radio. So the radio is missing the 3-band knob. Chassis is only being held in the box by a screw so to make it easy on me I added safety wire on two locations to prevent the the radio from shifting around. You can tell the cabinet has some cracks from the inside, and the external vernier is peeling off / part missing on one of the lower corners. The box antenna does not seem to attract the air waves, is possible that there are problems with some of the components, I was not able to get reception until the external antenna was hung up by my kitchen cabinets. Now here are some positives of the radio. Is old and appears unique since is from Canada, and makes a nice display. It has a very powerful loud speaker, Pilot light works, power cord in good condition, Tuning cord not broken, I noticed that who ever had this radio before only change one big electrolytic capacitor so is practically on its original state as when new. This radio needs some TLC from an expert, please go over all the pictures, and if you have some questions please ask and will try to answer if they are within my scope of knowledge.
