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Philco 89 Questions
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07-15-2022, 04:01 PM
Well, I tried. I replaced all caps and resistors. Rewound the OSC tickler (cathode), cleaned the tuner new bushings. I did the alignment according to J. Rider book. Had a hard time with it lots of noise and whistling. Tuning the low freq. was the worst. What I ended up with two stations 1200kHz and above. Lower was all squealing, thumping and motorboating. Ron's thread about the Philco 89 from h**l described it well, mine was just like that.
I just don't have the wire and the expertise to rewind the OSC coil. I am contemplating what to do. I read several threads on this radio all the problems tend to be the coils. I saw that you should bake them to drive out the moisture.
Jim
Spring Lake MI
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Philco 89 Questions - by Jimradio - 07-04-2022, 12:37 PM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by morzh - 07-04-2022, 02:43 PM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by Jimradio - 07-05-2022, 06:46 AM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by Jimradio - 07-06-2022, 11:56 AM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by Radioroslyn - 07-06-2022, 04:55 PM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by Ron Ramirez - 07-06-2022, 06:17 PM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by Jimradio - 07-07-2022, 07:06 AM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by MrFixr55 - 07-07-2022, 04:21 PM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by Jimradio - 07-11-2022, 02:26 PM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by Ron Ramirez - 07-13-2022, 07:24 AM
RE: Philco 89 Voltages - by Jimradio - 07-13-2022, 09:01 AM
RE: Philco 89 Questions - by Jimradio - 07-15-2022, 04:01 PM
RE: Philco 89 Questions - by MrFixr55 - 07-16-2022, 08:01 AM
RE: Philco 89 Questions - by Jimradio - 07-17-2022, 08:50 AM
RE: Philco 89 Questions - by Jimradio - 07-27-2022, 04:39 PM
RE: Philco 89 Questions - by Ron Ramirez - 07-27-2022, 04:48 PM
RE: Philco 89 Questions - by Jimradio - 07-27-2022, 07:01 PM
RE: Philco 89 Questions - by Jimradio - 07-29-2022, 07:21 AM
RE: Philco 89 Questions - by Jimradio - 07-29-2022, 10:22 AM
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