10-09-2016, 12:08 AM
Hi and welcome to the Phorum,
On the 39-7 it has two wires coming out of the rear edge of the chassis one being the ant connection and the other being the gnd connection. There is no loop antenna. Requires an external antenna. It also has a row of pushbutton for presetting stations. I had one of these sets back in the 80's in a chairside cabinet. Think the pushbutton all the way to the right engages the manual tuning, if any of the others are depressed it's set to receive on that preset frequency.
So things to check, end pushbutton is engaged, pushbutton contacts are nice and clean, check for rotted rubber wire that maybe shorting and that you have a piece of wire hooked up for the ant.
Do you have a signal generator??
My recollection of the set is it was a good player with good sensitivity. Wish I still had mine. http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1939a.htm#f
Here is the service info for it: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/pagesbymodel...013301.pdf
On the 39-7 it has two wires coming out of the rear edge of the chassis one being the ant connection and the other being the gnd connection. There is no loop antenna. Requires an external antenna. It also has a row of pushbutton for presetting stations. I had one of these sets back in the 80's in a chairside cabinet. Think the pushbutton all the way to the right engages the manual tuning, if any of the others are depressed it's set to receive on that preset frequency.
So things to check, end pushbutton is engaged, pushbutton contacts are nice and clean, check for rotted rubber wire that maybe shorting and that you have a piece of wire hooked up for the ant.
Do you have a signal generator??
My recollection of the set is it was a good player with good sensitivity. Wish I still had mine. http://www.philcoradio.com/gallery/1939a.htm#f
Here is the service info for it: http://www.nostalgiaair.org/pagesbymodel...013301.pdf
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 it!
Terry
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