05-09-2018, 05:24 AM
The OP also asked this question on ARF, and someone there speculated that the cover may have been for magnetic/electrostatic shielding.
Sounds reasonable to me, especially given the close proximity of the loop antenna to the transformer. This may be why the console versions didn't have the cover over the transformer - the loop antenna in the consoles was under the chassis, not directly behind it.
But this is another of those questions that can only be fully answered by dead Philco engineers. And dead men tell no tales, nor do they answer any questions.
Sounds reasonable to me, especially given the close proximity of the loop antenna to the transformer. This may be why the console versions didn't have the cover over the transformer - the loop antenna in the consoles was under the chassis, not directly behind it.
But this is another of those questions that can only be fully answered by dead Philco engineers. And dead men tell no tales, nor do they answer any questions.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
