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Newbie starts big. 41-290X
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08-04-2016, 01:07 AM
 The chassis for the 41-290X and the 41-280X are almost identical, in fact in my Philco service manual for the 1941 model year the only difference was the addition of a separate detector/avc tube, the 41-280s used a 7C6 but the 41-290 added a 7A6 in addition to the 7C6. The only purpose that I can think of for this was to boast that the 41-290 was a nine tube set and therefore a better radio, but in reality it was basically an act of tube stuffing rather like what RCA used to do by adding a 6H6 to a radio rather then using the diodes inside a 6Q7 for the job.
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Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by AC0GR - 06-10-2016, 12:36 AM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by klondike98 - 06-10-2016, 07:55 AM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by morzh - 06-10-2016, 08:03 AM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by klondike98 - 06-10-2016, 08:06 AM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by OldRestorer - 06-10-2016, 08:25 AM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by Radioroslyn - 06-17-2016, 08:03 AM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by AC0GR - 07-31-2016, 05:17 PM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by Radioroslyn - 07-31-2016, 10:52 PM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by GarySP - 08-01-2016, 07:38 PM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by Arran - 08-04-2016, 01:07 AM
RE: Newbie starts big. 41-290X - by radio dog - 10-13-2016, 06:43 PM



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