11-27-2018, 10:19 PM
This evening I put together my own homemade Candohm replacement for this radio.
[Image: http://philcoradio.com/images/phorum/6T2/6T2_057.jpg]
The new part looks longer in the picture only because it is closer to the camera. Both the old Candohm and the new replacement are actually the same length.
And here it is in the radio, all wired up:
[Image: http://philcoradio.com/images/phorum/6T2/6T2_058.jpg]
While I was at it, I also connected a length of cloth-covered AC cord under the chassis. I also replaced all five of this set's dial lamps (two on the sides to illuminate the dial, the other three as band indicators) with screw base LED lamps.
I'm only one or two hours away from trying this set out for the first time. I'm curious to see if I will need that replacement tone control or not. It remains to be seen how this incorrect 50K replacement tone control works in the set. I still need to connect an AC plug to the other end of the cord, find, test and install six suitable tubes, connect a speaker and find out what happens when I turn it on. Unfortunately that may have to wait a while. I have to go back "into the wilderness" in the morning (see here for an explanation of that) so it may be several days before I can go back to the bench and see if this project is almost complete, or not.
[Image: http://philcoradio.com/images/phorum/6T2/6T2_057.jpg]
The new part looks longer in the picture only because it is closer to the camera. Both the old Candohm and the new replacement are actually the same length.
And here it is in the radio, all wired up:
[Image: http://philcoradio.com/images/phorum/6T2/6T2_058.jpg]
While I was at it, I also connected a length of cloth-covered AC cord under the chassis. I also replaced all five of this set's dial lamps (two on the sides to illuminate the dial, the other three as band indicators) with screw base LED lamps.
I'm only one or two hours away from trying this set out for the first time. I'm curious to see if I will need that replacement tone control or not. It remains to be seen how this incorrect 50K replacement tone control works in the set. I still need to connect an AC plug to the other end of the cord, find, test and install six suitable tubes, connect a speaker and find out what happens when I turn it on. Unfortunately that may have to wait a while. I have to go back "into the wilderness" in the morning (see here for an explanation of that) so it may be several days before I can go back to the bench and see if this project is almost complete, or not.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
