Dual Beam a Scopes?

[HiFi in WYO]

What the heck is that thing? Cap? Battery? Barrel of crude? Lard?

1942 GE Console radio - not mine, no affiliation.

http://newjersey.craigslist.org/ele/4277116113.html

 

[roberttx]

Antenna. With a funky name, to make it sound special.

 

[gadget73]

Yep, trying to be as cool as Zenith's WaveMagnet. Its a nice looking set, decent tube count. Looks to be a 9 tube model, and the manual I found says its got an RF stage. Probably a fairly solid performer. Ought to sound nice too, it has a 12" speaker and push-pull 6V6 outputs.