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Got a 39-6 today
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Hello, im new to the phorum and this is my 1st post. Hope I'm doing this correctly.  A few months back, I bought a Philco 39-6 at the auction held by my radio group I'm in for $7. I completely stripped the chassis and replaced all the rubber coated wire including the power transformer.  All resistors and capacitors were also replaced. The speaker cone was completely detached from the basket and I carefully removed the cone and cleaned off all the old glue. Using JB super weld, I reattached the cone to the basket . The antenna coil had an open primary and I rewound it by hand until it had the correct resistance. It looks factory made. Yesterday I powered the radio up with my variac and it came up on the first try. The antenna coil works perfectly!!! Radio receives stations all across the dial. I have one question.....this is a transformer set and was wondering how warm the transformer should get? Mine gets very warm, but not so hot that I can't keep my hand on it. I have installed a fuse inline with a 1/4 amp fuse and it doesn't blow so I believe the radio is not pulling excessive current.


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Got a 39-6 today - by morzh - 09-13-2014, 03:20 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by morzh - 09-13-2014, 03:25 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by sam - 09-13-2014, 07:59 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Ron Ramirez - 09-13-2014, 08:38 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by morzh - 09-13-2014, 08:43 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Ron Ramirez - 09-13-2014, 08:53 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by morzh - 09-13-2014, 09:07 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by BenWA - 09-14-2014, 12:21 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by morzh - 09-14-2014, 10:07 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by klondike98 - 09-14-2014, 12:10 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by morzh - 09-14-2014, 05:18 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by PhilcoJohn - 09-14-2014, 06:55 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by morzh - 09-14-2014, 07:17 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Arran - 09-16-2014, 01:30 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-01-2020, 10:27 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Tubeglow20 - 01-02-2020, 12:10 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by rfeenstra - 01-02-2020, 12:46 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by morzh - 01-02-2020, 11:01 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Radioroslyn - 01-02-2020, 11:42 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-02-2020, 11:21 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Tubeglow20 - 01-03-2020, 01:45 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-03-2020, 09:26 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Radioroslyn - 01-03-2020, 12:33 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-03-2020, 01:30 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Phlogiston - 01-03-2020, 02:04 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Radioroslyn - 01-03-2020, 02:05 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-03-2020, 02:53 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-03-2020, 03:01 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by klondike98 - 01-03-2020, 05:12 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Phlogiston - 01-03-2020, 07:31 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-03-2020, 08:15 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Tubeglow20 - 01-03-2020, 10:17 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-04-2020, 12:14 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Art Hoch - 01-07-2020, 11:26 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-07-2020, 11:52 AM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Ron Ramirez - 01-07-2020, 09:33 PM
RE: Got a 39-6 today - by Jake Blake - 01-08-2020, 07:48 AM



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