01-19-2009, 05:30 PM
Doug Houston made the following comments regarding Gary's RP-1, which were moved over to the "religion" topic by me only because I did not see an option here to split a post in two. Sorry, Doug. Here's his reply:
Gary: look back at one of my posts about the function of this player. remember that i said (or at least alluded) to the fact, that Philco didn't use an antenna wire on these players. They coupled the output oif the 6A7 into the line, as a "carrier current" transmission. A lot of the other companies' wireless players did use an antenna line, either dropped to the floor, or as a third condustor in the line cord. The Philco players played very nicely throughout the house, because the wiring in the house carried the signal. Further, an antenna wire on the output of the oscillator will swing its frequency when a person comes near to it. It literally detunes the oscillator.
Gary: look back at one of my posts about the function of this player. remember that i said (or at least alluded) to the fact, that Philco didn't use an antenna wire on these players. They coupled the output oif the 6A7 into the line, as a "carrier current" transmission. A lot of the other companies' wireless players did use an antenna line, either dropped to the floor, or as a third condustor in the line cord. The Philco players played very nicely throughout the house, because the wiring in the house carried the signal. Further, an antenna wire on the output of the oscillator will swing its frequency when a person comes near to it. It literally detunes the oscillator.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
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