08-14-2021, 09:08 PM
To my pleasant surprise the dial for my RCA C9-4 arrived today, ahead of schedule! 
I installed it this evening, and did a final tweaking of the alignment. The radio is working well and is very sensitive on all bands. I was able to clearly pick up WWV at 5 MC on band B, and 10 MC on band C, as well as many other stations on both bands in all the appropriate places. I use WWV to double check my alignment, and they come in right where they should, not even a single tick off ! Mind you, all this is on an antenna that consists of about 10 feet of wire inside an aluminum insulation shielded house ! I won't be able to try it on my outside antenna until I install the speaker and chassis back into the cabinet tomorrow. I can hardly wait. Anyway, here are pictures of the new dial. It is MUCH clearer than the old one, much easier to read. The old one was all there, if you looked really close you could see all the numbers and letters, but it was very faded. Anyway, here is what the finished chassis looks like on my bench playing the Grand Ole Opry on WSM 650 AM.
[Image: https://64.media.tumblr.com/fe3b7798b62f...e598dc.jpg]
[Image: https://64.media.tumblr.com/b8786f6c64c9...b32bce.jpg]
I installed it this evening, and did a final tweaking of the alignment. The radio is working well and is very sensitive on all bands. I was able to clearly pick up WWV at 5 MC on band B, and 10 MC on band C, as well as many other stations on both bands in all the appropriate places. I use WWV to double check my alignment, and they come in right where they should, not even a single tick off ! Mind you, all this is on an antenna that consists of about 10 feet of wire inside an aluminum insulation shielded house ! I won't be able to try it on my outside antenna until I install the speaker and chassis back into the cabinet tomorrow. I can hardly wait. Anyway, here are pictures of the new dial. It is MUCH clearer than the old one, much easier to read. The old one was all there, if you looked really close you could see all the numbers and letters, but it was very faded. Anyway, here is what the finished chassis looks like on my bench playing the Grand Ole Opry on WSM 650 AM.[Image: https://64.media.tumblr.com/fe3b7798b62f...e598dc.jpg]
[Image: https://64.media.tumblr.com/b8786f6c64c9...b32bce.jpg]
