03-06-2011, 07:06 PM
Ron,
I'm thinking I'm going to take a few days off from this radio. I just got some old 1940's-era books about radios that will hopefully shed light onto what I'm actually doing. Maybe I can figure this thing out. And I was thinking about it... what if my multimeter was messed up? I have two and they read different values of resistance, even on the same setting - a solid indication that one is wrong. I did not measure the voltage with both multimeters so, maybe? Anyway, I think staring at this radio is beginning to drive me mad.
I read about restoring old radios before I began and I thought this was going to easy. A few caps, a little solder, a few pieces of wire and viola! I thought I'd have an awesome radio... alas, I was fooled and had little idea as to what I was getting myself into. But, what better way to learn than trial by Philco? Bring it on, philco, I'm not scared!
Signing out for a couple of days,
-Brandon
I'm thinking I'm going to take a few days off from this radio. I just got some old 1940's-era books about radios that will hopefully shed light onto what I'm actually doing. Maybe I can figure this thing out. And I was thinking about it... what if my multimeter was messed up? I have two and they read different values of resistance, even on the same setting - a solid indication that one is wrong. I did not measure the voltage with both multimeters so, maybe? Anyway, I think staring at this radio is beginning to drive me mad.
I read about restoring old radios before I began and I thought this was going to easy. A few caps, a little solder, a few pieces of wire and viola! I thought I'd have an awesome radio... alas, I was fooled and had little idea as to what I was getting myself into. But, what better way to learn than trial by Philco? Bring it on, philco, I'm not scared!
Signing out for a couple of days,
-Brandon
