The PHILCO Phorum

And John (Eliot), thank you...you don't know how much I appreciate that...

Thank you too, Joe. Yes, I did restuff the bakelite block with two new .01 uF X1/Y2 safety caps.

I will replace the AC cord later on, probably whenever I fix the pushbutton off-on switch. At that time I will install some sort of strain relief for the cord also.

I found the escutcheon and dial scale. Man, is this escutcheon warped. I made a scan of the dial glass *just in case* since I see Radio Daze does not sell it. If I don't forget, I'll make the scan available later on, after I've had a chance to clean it up a bit.

But anyway...I can't seem to find the loop antenna. Now I'm wondering if it was missing when I bought the set, and I'm beginning to suspect it was. I've had it for a few years, refinished the cabinet last year before we moved.

So...

I was listening to the set this afternoon when it suddenly stopped playing! All of the tubes and dial lamps remained lit, but no sound...nothing.

Out came the DMM. I started measuring at the cathode of the rectifier tube. -1 volt! I measured the input AC voltage; yep, it was there. I pulled out the tube tester again and retested the 7Y4. Sure enough, it had died the death. And I have no spare 7Y4 tubes.

So...I borrowed one from my 41-230. That brought the 246 back to life.

Mike (Morzh), you will be glad to know that I aligned the IF transformers using the Sencore AM/FM signal generator (set to 455 kc with modulation), and it worked like a champ. I also tried out the AM signal generator function of the Sencore just for fun. Ditto.

This is a photo of a 41-245T. The 41-246T is identical in appearance, only the two SW bands are different:



This style of escutcheon, being made of Tenite, is prone to shrinkage/warpage.

There is a Canadian version of the 41-245, in Canada it is model 34.



I think some of those had wooden escutcheons? I remember seeing one on eBay that had a wooden escutcheon. Now that would be just the thing to finish off my 41-246 (besides a loop antenna, of course).

Maybe I can persuade Steve, or Kirk, to make one out of wood for me once I get back to work. Actually, I need two; one for the 41-246 and one for my Tropic 42-720T.

Ron

As we say in Russian, half a year hasn't even passed Mazltov! I thought you'd never pull it out.
Glad indeed it wurkt.
As I read about those, broken shaft is a very common problem, familiar to many.

Ron
I know this post is old, but hoping you see this. Just picked up one of these same radios (41-246) over the weekend for $35.00. The previous owner cut the wires to the Push-button On-Off switch as well, and used an On-Off tone control just like you mention in this post. You mention that you know how to fix the original. Any chance you could elaborate?
Bob

Look here:

https://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=14923

Nice, Thank you for that link. I'm going to check Lowes this weekend. The on-off on the Tone control is probably a better design, but like most, I'd like to keep it as original as possible.

Question, a previous owner replaced the speaker with a PM speaker, and added a high wattage resistor of the same value in place of the Field Coil.  I think I've read that this can be done somewhere, but was wondering if it's considered "Electrically sound" long term.

Bob