02-23-2014, 01:08 AM
Glad you're making progress, Jeff. I have a 40-190 on my list to restore soon. It's a similar chassis to yours, but a different antenna, since it's a console.
I'm now working on a 46-350 portable radio that I've been tinkering with off and on for years. Every time I work on it, I find some little thing that gets it closer to sounding good. The most recent improvement I made was simply to clean and lubricate the tuning capacitor. I never thought to do that when I first started on this one, but it made a big difference. I also replaced the speaker. The original one looks perfect but sounds awful. Next I have to figure out how to make a battery for it. I haven't rewired the IF cans because they don't have the pre-war rubber insulated wire, but the 2nd IF and the RF transformer both have some mica caps and a resistor inside them that I should check and maybe change. Live & learn.
I'm now working on a 46-350 portable radio that I've been tinkering with off and on for years. Every time I work on it, I find some little thing that gets it closer to sounding good. The most recent improvement I made was simply to clean and lubricate the tuning capacitor. I never thought to do that when I first started on this one, but it made a big difference. I also replaced the speaker. The original one looks perfect but sounds awful. Next I have to figure out how to make a battery for it. I haven't rewired the IF cans because they don't have the pre-war rubber insulated wire, but the 2nd IF and the RF transformer both have some mica caps and a resistor inside them that I should check and maybe change. Live & learn.
John Honeycutt
