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40-155 Antenna loading coil
retiredinprescott
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02-05-2015, 05:01 PM
I'm in the process of trying to save a Philco 40-155 which previously served as a "mouse house"....see photo...
Besides a lot of chewed up wiring, caps, resistors, etc. the Antenna Loading Coil  (5A) has been destroyed--wiring chewed up.
Can someone suggest a "work around" for this?
Thanks,
Mark


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