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Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
#76

RodB
You are European yourself   Icon_evil
I'm Canadian for the last 30 years  Snowman
But not Yankee  Icon_lol

If you want to work, lie down and sleep, and everything will pass.
#77

Hello Vlad95 ,
Very Funny !
Sincerely Richard
#78

By the way.
osanders0311
Take a look here: Dial cord stringing Guides
May be here you can fount correct string setting.

If you want to work, lie down and sleep, and everything will pass.
#79

Vlad, you nailed it. Swiss and German roots.
#80

RodB
Beerchug

If you want to work, lie down and sleep, and everything will pass.
#81

Thanks Rod,
"When you hear the background hiss and no station it usually indicates that the oscillator quit" probably my luck it has quit, and I don't currently have a signal generator for testing."

As for the tuning knob, not European but since the cable was broken when I received the radio the string must be backwards. And it's working perfect going the wrong way.
#82

Vlad95,
Thank you for the stringing guides and wow there are so many
#83

Hi OSanders,

Look carefully at the band switch. Turn it slowly and "wiggle" it around the desired band. Try the shortwave and preset bands. Use Caig DeOxit D5 to clean the contacts. The stuff is not cheap, but it works very well on switches. (Do not use it on volume controls; use DeOxit F5 fader lube instead.)

If you do not have a signal generator, you can use another radio. Tune the radio to a station that you can (or could have) receive on both sets. Have the sets close to each other with shields on the convertor tubes (if there are any) removed. u can (or could have) received on both sets. Tune the radio in question through the band. at some point, equal to the set frequency of the good radio + the IF frequency of the radio in question, you should hear changes in the signal on the good radio. If this occurs, the oscillator stage is working.

"Do Justly, love Mercy and walk humbly with your God"- Micah 6:8
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Best Regards, 

MrFixr55




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