10-04-2014, 02:17 PM
Hello folks,
I suddenly find myself with lots of free time - I was laid off a couple weeks ago.
So, needing something to do in between job-hunting, I decided to start on another radio project to help keep my mind off my troubles.
Here is another 1941 Philco, full of rubber-covered wiring, that should take a while to restore.
Someone has been in here a few decades ago and replaced all of the electrolytics. The speaker was also replaced at some point in time, and whoever made the replacement did not shorten the leads to the speaker field coil and voice coil as they are quite long. I intend to correct that issue.
So far, I've replaced three paper caps, one mica cap, several resistors, and a few wires. This model has three IF transformers, and all three will have to be removed so that the wires of each may be replaced. While each IF is out, I will give each IF can my usual polishing job to make them sparkle.
Stay tuned...I'll be working on it some more today...
I suddenly find myself with lots of free time - I was laid off a couple weeks ago.
So, needing something to do in between job-hunting, I decided to start on another radio project to help keep my mind off my troubles.
Here is another 1941 Philco, full of rubber-covered wiring, that should take a while to restore.
Someone has been in here a few decades ago and replaced all of the electrolytics. The speaker was also replaced at some point in time, and whoever made the replacement did not shorten the leads to the speaker field coil and voice coil as they are quite long. I intend to correct that issue.
So far, I've replaced three paper caps, one mica cap, several resistors, and a few wires. This model has three IF transformers, and all three will have to be removed so that the wires of each may be replaced. While each IF is out, I will give each IF can my usual polishing job to make them sparkle.
Stay tuned...I'll be working on it some more today...
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
