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03-29-2013, 10:01 PM
Turns out I had a bad resistor which was cutting off the output tubes.

now I need to clean the volume control and put it back together.
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03-30-2013, 08:13 AM
Congratulations, Charles! Icon_thumbup Isn't it cool to hear AM over a 1929 Philco? Bear in mind that this was "state of the art" for Philco in '29 - a nine tube set with automatic volume control.
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03-30-2013, 09:05 AM
yes and it is amazing how sensitive this dude is with just a 3 foot piece of wire.
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