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Philco 42-400 121
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I wanted to give an update on what is happening with my 42-400 radio.  I replaced all E-caps and paper caps as well as one burnt resistor,  Some rubber wires were bad and they too were replaced.  I fired it up on the variac and got some noise only, so I tested all the tubes and they tested good, except for the XXFM which tested only fair. I cleaned  some corrosion off the pins and brought her up on the variac again.  I got a Lehigh Vally station on the AM across the dial and no other station. Also, it was rather weak.  This is a fringe station and the local stations did not come through.  As for the Short Wave, I fared a little better with several stations coming through and better volume. So my questions are, "Now what"? and  is there a manual for this radio.  I have the service manuals but I think I need a copy of the owners manual too, if one exists .  The push buttons are not marked and I can't make out what they're supposed to do. The dial glass is broken in two...   great sadness   Icon_sad  and I will have to have the speaker re-coned.  That's my update.  Thanks!!

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Messages In This Thread
Philco 42-400 121 - by Microtouch - 01-25-2015, 12:39 PM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by klondike98 - 01-25-2015, 02:33 PM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by Ron Ramirez - 01-25-2015, 02:38 PM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by Microtouch - 01-26-2015, 06:03 AM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by klondike98 - 07-17-2015, 01:44 PM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by Microtouch - 07-17-2015, 03:27 PM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by klondike98 - 07-17-2015, 06:34 PM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by Microtouch - 07-17-2015, 08:11 PM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by klondike98 - 07-18-2015, 10:13 AM
RE: Philco 42-400 121 - by mikethedruid - 07-21-2015, 06:32 PM
Update 42-400 - by Microtouch - 07-17-2015, 01:07 PM



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