A Philco story for the Phorum
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I figure this would be the place to post this story I wrote for my company's Engineer Zone forum on changes to the Philco 46-250 and how they represent the improving "state of the art" in radio design...
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Loctal vs octal. They may have been marketed as "pin for pin compatible," but that actually meant you could replace the octal socket with a loctal socket easily, or buy an adapter. the loctal tubes never were meant to actually work directly in octal sockets, any fool who ever tried it found out immediately that it didn't work. As time went on, by the 1960s, loctal tubes were becoming difficult to find. I know this because I was already collecting antique radios by then, and didn't bother with the later Philcos at the time because they used loctals, or any other radio that used them. RCA and Crosley never seem to have made this mistake.
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I would say Octals outlived Loctals.
At least the beam tetrodes made it all the way to our days with the production in the USSR having ceased only in 90s. And then resuming some time in 21st century. Loctals remain dead.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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You're welcome. Just visited your restoration page, was very impressed.
I was about to start on a Philco 46-1226 Code 125 radio/turntable but am looking first for a source of the three notes that update the Code 122 schematic (which I have) for the Code 125. The Phun never stops with Philcos... ;)
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at the philco repair bench his name is chuck schwark ,, i think he hails from IL,, at least thats what my envelope says for when he mailed me the prints you need.
like i said on the other thread,, i can help, just call or whatever or piddle around here or search out chuck's user name... i dont know it.
I am not certain the philco repair bench is still up or not for getting prints.
someone else will chime in i am sure.
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Chuck Schwark is his name and schematic copies is his game. And his schematic copies are the best.
He is enjoying a well-deserved retirement, but he is still offering his schematic copy service.
https://www.philcorepairbench.com/schematics/
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I think I met you David at the last NEARC meet Brookline NH. Hope to see you in Nashua in March. I got one of those 46 250s from a fellow who just wanted someone who would repair it and enjoy it to be the owner. One of my best deals ever, i paid the 8 dollars shipping from NH!
I enjoyed reading your story and yes watch the Hot Chassis.
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i hate loctals with a passion every set i had with them have been nothing but trouble.
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I don't hate them, but the fact that I have to scrape every pin with a scalpel before testing and re-inserting the tube does make me prefer other types.
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Why do you need to scrape them?
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They oxydize black and dont make contact.
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
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