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10-27-2018, 08:10 PM
Did a little judicious bending on the plates of the antenna tuning cap.  Was able to greatly improve the sensitivity across the dial.  The low end of the dial is still a little less sensitive than the high end, but not too bad.
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Philco Jr. 80 - by rfeenstra - 10-26-2018, 09:04 PM
RE: Philco Jr. 80 - by klondike98 - 10-26-2018, 09:20 PM
RE: Philco Jr. 80 - by Paul Philco322 - 10-26-2018, 09:30 PM
RE: Philco Jr. 80 - by rfeenstra - 10-26-2018, 10:03 PM
RE: Philco Jr. 80 - by claude.france - 10-27-2018, 07:26 AM
RE: Philco Jr. 80 - by rfeenstra - 10-27-2018, 12:54 PM
RE: Philco Jr. 80 - by Arran - 10-27-2018, 04:22 PM
RE: Philco Jr. 80 - by rfeenstra - 10-27-2018, 08:10 PM
RE: Philco Jr. 80 - by Greggshere - 11-01-2018, 09:41 AM



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