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Rookie with Philco 38-C4 issues
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11-23-2021, 04:59 PM
I'll mention that the 10mfd bias filter #64 (the upside down one) there is only about 20vdc there. A cap rated @ 50v is fine.  I've seen some where they have been replaced with 450v units. Way overkill.
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
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Rookie with Philco 38-C4 issues - by Hamilton - 11-14-2021, 09:51 AM
RE: Rookie with Philco 38-C4 issues - by Hamilton - 11-14-2021, 06:48 PM
RE: Rookie with Philco 38-C4 issues - by Hamilton - 11-15-2021, 09:53 AM
RE: Rookie with Philco 38-C4 issues - by Radioroslyn - 11-23-2021, 04:59 PM
RE: Rookie with Philco 38-C4 issues - by Hamilton - 11-24-2021, 12:37 PM



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