03-25-2023, 04:21 PM
RodB-
Thanks for all the detailed information and the welcome. I am on some of the other forums, should have joined a while ago, but I have several 30's Philco's that I plan to restore. There is a LOT of good information here! Yes, I am familiar with the Philco Blocks. I was hesitant at first to attack these, but they really are easy to re-do. I know that this is supposed to be one of those, as you mention, you can tell by the Part number, and the parts layout. However, this one is NOT in the radio! Not even any trace of it having one in the past. The chassis is for the most part unmolested. The only thing I noticed is on one of the other Blocks, the solder tab had broken off, so the previous owner installed an external cap. I do think this missing cap needs to be installed, and I was going to do exactly what you mentioned, adding a terminal strip, and adding the cap.
Thanks for all the detailed information and the welcome. I am on some of the other forums, should have joined a while ago, but I have several 30's Philco's that I plan to restore. There is a LOT of good information here! Yes, I am familiar with the Philco Blocks. I was hesitant at first to attack these, but they really are easy to re-do. I know that this is supposed to be one of those, as you mention, you can tell by the Part number, and the parts layout. However, this one is NOT in the radio! Not even any trace of it having one in the past. The chassis is for the most part unmolested. The only thing I noticed is on one of the other Blocks, the solder tab had broken off, so the previous owner installed an external cap. I do think this missing cap needs to be installed, and I was going to do exactly what you mentioned, adding a terminal strip, and adding the cap.
Thanks
John N3MUN
