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Have a RP3. Recapped, replaced resistors, and installed a new crystal cartridge. Still will only broadcast about 2ft. no more. Checked tubes, strong. am I missing something?
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I would suspect that many people have no idea what an RP3 is (I once worked on a Sonora RP3). Maybe if you told us a little more about it - picture?
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It's a Philco wireless 1939 record player.
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What kind of ant. are you using?
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one used in the original factory design.
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Circa 1966
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So how much ac voltage do you have from pin 2 of the 84 to chassis and pin 3 to the chassis?
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
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So you have a 6A7 doing its thing ( it is normally a osc/mixer in a receiver).
What is your plate voltage? Have you looked at it with a scope, how about a signal sniffer. I would suspect that a really good 6A7 might be required to get good range, not my favorite tube - still trying to get the Strat to osc. on band 5, reliably.
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105.1 v pin 2 and 105.4 pin 3
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plate on the 6A7 is 101.5v
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Is that 1 meg variable resistor good? What happens when you adjust it?
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yes. it shuts down the transmitting when turned be it on a little over 2 ft.
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I would think that it would vary the RF output considerably through the range, 0 to 1meg. So if you measure from the high side (xtal) to ground you get 1 meg.? I have to ask - again, because these Philco controls are often the problem, especially if they have been "cleaned".
It may also vary the output freq. a little. What is you output freq?
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6A7 tubes are often weak. The Mixing part.
Maybe it just needs replacement.
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