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Philco 60 Wave Trap - dconant - 12-30-2024

Hello, Working on a Philco 60 run 7. It has a wave trap wired in series with the antenna. I understand a wave trap is not needed anymore so I was wondering if it could just be removed from the circuit? I will probably leave it in anyways. Just wondering?

Dan

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RE: Philco 60 Wave Trap - RossH - 12-31-2024

I've left them out and tried the radio, left them and tried the radio. No difference. Having said that, I'm wont to leave them provided the coil is still good. I hope that was vague enough.

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RE: Philco 60 Wave Trap - morzh - 12-31-2024

Since the trap is tuned below the lower boundary (usually it is 460kHz), it should not matter as long as the coil conducts. Could be safely shorted out.

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RE: Philco 60 Wave Trap - dconant - 12-31-2024

I think I will experiment with it and see where the best performance is if there will be any difference.

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