[Ron Ramirez]

I'm also an AudioKarma member. And it was an AK member that sent me the PDF I linked to in this thread.

Will do re: checking DC voltage at zero volume at the speaker terminals.

Regarding links, let's review the pertinent Phorum Rules:

V. Sending people away from the Phorum.

A. People come here to receive assistance. We are a community dedicated to Philco and related subjects. If a discussion is started here or a question is asked that relates to Philco, please do not send them to some other forum. If you want to link to a specific resource or tutorial on outside forums, that is fine, but simply telling people "you should post over at..." or "have you tried over at..." is not appropriate. It can frustrate members looking for solutions and not more forums to post in.

B. This also applies to forums associated with vendors of various radio parts, tubes, services, etc. Referring people to the vendor website is perfectly acceptable, as is referring them to specific resources, threads or tutorials in their forums; but telling them simply to go post or search in some other forums is not. Please remember, at all times, that they came here for the answer.

Just links to other forums themselves are perfectly fine. I've posted them myself - yes, even links to ARF. What the rules are addressing are people who come here seeking an answer to their question, and someone here answering them by saying "Go ask at xxx forum, they will tell you." Remember that the person came here for the answer. If they wanted an answer from xxx forum, they would have went to xxx forum to begin with.

Edit: And Mike, let me clarify further by adding this: There have been a few times when someone joined here from the UK seeking answers which we did not have. In a situation like that, if no one here knows the answer or can provide a helpful solution, it is fine to say "Hey, perhaps you really should try the UK Vintage Radio forum." I have done that myself here.

And when it comes to questions about Canadian Phillcos, we generally refer folks to Arran if no one else knows the answer.