07-20-2014, 07:34 AM
Murf;
It is not normal for more then one coil to be bad at one time. Normally if one is bad it's because lighting hit an outdoor antenna and destroyed the antenna coil, however in the 41-300's case this is less possible then usual as the set uses a built in antenna for the AM broadcast band. In the case of the BC oscillator coil it isn't a known failure point on Philcos of this era, but strange things do happen. I think maybe it would be wise to get a second opinion from your friend, while the schematic shows what points to measure on each coil, and has a pictorial diagram of each coil, if you aren't used to testing such things it can be confusing.
Regards
Arran
It is not normal for more then one coil to be bad at one time. Normally if one is bad it's because lighting hit an outdoor antenna and destroyed the antenna coil, however in the 41-300's case this is less possible then usual as the set uses a built in antenna for the AM broadcast band. In the case of the BC oscillator coil it isn't a known failure point on Philcos of this era, but strange things do happen. I think maybe it would be wise to get a second opinion from your friend, while the schematic shows what points to measure on each coil, and has a pictorial diagram of each coil, if you aren't used to testing such things it can be confusing.
Regards
Arran
