11-01-2017, 03:14 PM
Edisla;
I noticed the same issue when I restored my 40-201. Your 40-216 is similar with the thumb-wheel controls. Philco did not design in detents on these models because it apparently caused too much resistance to rotation of the knobs. I had even taken some detent ball bearings from another radio to install in the Philco only to discover there was no way to cause the ball bearing to be retained and had to drop the idea. The bandswitch action is sort of sloppy, but does work OK. This issue is seen on all the models with the thumb-wheel bandswitch knobs.
Joe
I noticed the same issue when I restored my 40-201. Your 40-216 is similar with the thumb-wheel controls. Philco did not design in detents on these models because it apparently caused too much resistance to rotation of the knobs. I had even taken some detent ball bearings from another radio to install in the Philco only to discover there was no way to cause the ball bearing to be retained and had to drop the idea. The bandswitch action is sort of sloppy, but does work OK. This issue is seen on all the models with the thumb-wheel bandswitch knobs.
Joe
