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A Philco 38-690 Restoration
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May 25-26.

I begin taking apart my third RF unit.

The RF tube socket will need to be replaced to avoid a potential carbon track - part of the Bakelite is broken away on the bottom side.

I will also have to rewire the sub-base as the original wiring doesn't look the best.

By this evening, I had the antenna unit redone:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...90_073.jpg]

and the RF unit:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...90_074.jpg]

All of the coils in these two units have good continuity...but from prior experience not just with this Philco, but other 1937-38 Philcos as well, I know that that alone does not always equal proper performance from all bands. I'll need to clean the heck out of the band switch contacts, however, to (hopefully) avoid the same issues I had with the second RF unit.

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


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A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-25-2018, 10:50 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-25-2018, 10:53 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-25-2018, 11:04 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-25-2018, 11:11 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-25-2018, 11:14 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-25-2018, 11:19 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Arran - 05-26-2018, 02:26 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 08:20 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 08:25 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 08:31 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 09:03 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 09:31 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 09:49 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 10:02 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 10:12 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by morzh - 05-26-2018, 10:35 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 05:54 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 05:58 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 06:01 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 06:08 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 06:20 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 06:58 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-26-2018, 09:37 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-27-2018, 10:17 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Arran - 05-28-2018, 05:04 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by WyTex - 05-28-2018, 07:03 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-28-2018, 08:03 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-28-2018, 08:15 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-28-2018, 05:59 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by KCMike - 05-28-2018, 07:36 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-28-2018, 09:21 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Arran - 05-29-2018, 03:32 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Brad Winder - 05-30-2018, 10:28 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-30-2018, 09:08 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by tbone - 05-31-2018, 07:46 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-31-2018, 10:43 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 05-31-2018, 10:37 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-01-2018, 11:11 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Arran - 06-02-2018, 02:35 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-02-2018, 07:47 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-02-2018, 09:54 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-02-2018, 10:16 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by mikethedruid - 06-02-2018, 12:46 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by WyTex - 06-02-2018, 01:24 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ed Locker - 06-02-2018, 07:25 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Kenradio - 06-02-2018, 07:46 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-02-2018, 11:21 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by EdHolland - 06-03-2018, 10:39 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by morzh - 06-03-2018, 11:20 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 11:57 AM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by sam - 06-03-2018, 02:07 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 02:22 PM
RE: A Philco 38-690 Restoration - by tbone - 06-03-2018, 09:04 PM



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