01-07-2006, 11:12 PM
Hi Ron,
I must agree, the Philco "Unit Construction" was/is certainly a problem for the serviceman. Of course many other radio makes also have their own particular difficulties.
Whenever I lift one of these RF subchassis, I think how much the Philco authorized repair shops must have cursed these back when they were new. In those days, a serviceman might have had to lift the RF unit to replace a single paper capacitor. And no assurance that the same radio might not come back sometime in the near future needing another cap in the RF unit replaced.
At least now, when restoring a Philco, we can be reasonably assured that once this subchassis is lifted and all new reliable modern caps installed underneath it, that it should not have to be done again for a great many years.
Poston
I must agree, the Philco "Unit Construction" was/is certainly a problem for the serviceman. Of course many other radio makes also have their own particular difficulties.
Whenever I lift one of these RF subchassis, I think how much the Philco authorized repair shops must have cursed these back when they were new. In those days, a serviceman might have had to lift the RF unit to replace a single paper capacitor. And no assurance that the same radio might not come back sometime in the near future needing another cap in the RF unit replaced.
At least now, when restoring a Philco, we can be reasonably assured that once this subchassis is lifted and all new reliable modern caps installed underneath it, that it should not have to be done again for a great many years.
Poston
