Some of you might already know this. Can Anyone tell me if there was ever a home users manual and service/repair manual for this model 60mb (modern baby grand), I cannot find one anywhere, i've hunted the net for weeks and nothing, any help would be truly appreciated especially if any one has a copy of the Home Users Manual
Was the 37-116 standard model the only model to use these features together? The last shadowgraph was in '37 it was dropped for the '38 models right? I have a 40-190 that with one button pushed (the first) receives one station loud and clear all along the dial, the tuner has no effect. With the last button pushed the same station comes in at each end of the dial with nothing in between. The other buttons or no buttons pushed get nothing but static all through the dial. I sure could use some help. Thanks.
Good morning. As part of finishing up the Philco 39-30 Code 121, I want to rework the Bakelite cap. It had a single .10 cap wired to the top, on the line at the first right terminal from the bolt (clockwise). The part number on the side is 3903-DG.
Good morning, all. I've done a ton of work rewiring the Philco 39-30 Code 121 because of rotted rubber-coated wiring and want to protect the set.
Good morning. This is my first AC set (and first Philco) though I've reworked several AC/DC sets of various makes.
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This is the suburbs..My name is Philco (Philly)...I'm a collector... 9:55 AM Saturday morning February 3rd, I was starting my typical morning beat when a report came in via Craig's list regarding a potential Philco console at a local used furniture store. I decided to investigate. 11:25 AM. I arrive at CRG furniture inside Kutztown. Apparently it was a converted knitting mill from the 50's and 60's and now sold used household items, the kind of stuff you would see at a Goodwill store in 1975, depression era dressers, couches from the 60's, chairs and end tables that I haven't seen since I watched episodes of "All in the Family", that sort of thing. The place was relatively well kept with items set up as they would have been in someone's bedroom or living room from that era .....After seeing the sales clerk " Andy", he led me to the suspected console from the 40's. The area was just at the rear of the counter, it was full of old washers and dryers, tape decks and stereo's from Kenwood and Fisher, the kind of stuff you had forgotten that you had once owned. The console was gorgeous in near mint condition, the kind of console you knew that you had to have even though you didn't have room for it. I decided to take her in for questioning but first I had to haggle a little on the price of 85.00. I was able to bring her in for 70.00 plus 4.20 sales tax (it's the law). After I got her back to my station I did a background check. It was a model 41-290X eight push button standard broadcast, shortwave, police band radio not a rare model but exceptionally attractive. A further check would reveal that she had priors, bad tuning string, bad caps, dry rotted power cord. After I addressed those items I decided to book her on charges of 110 volts, she began to talk, sounded like a conservative talk station in Buffalo. After a more detailed cleaning and a new front cover plate, she will be remanded to my radio collection. On February 13th a hearing was held in my superior court. She will receive a life sentence in my collection..... The story you just heard was true the capacitors were changed to protect the circuitry..... I have 2 working Philco 70s on my bench. The one has a later looking repair on the first detector transformer (part #6). There's a 150K resistor across the primary and a .02 cap across the primary and secondary. Was this a quick fix for a bad transformer? |