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1937 Ford Philco car radio model F-1442
Radioroslyn
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03-10-2016, 03:09 AM
The short answer is it generates a signal.
It's used to generate a rf (radio frequency) signal so that we can test various stages in your radio and can use it to align the rf and if (read intermedate frequency) stages too.

Terry
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