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Update on 38-5 restoration, Almost ready for cabinet!
Radioroslyn
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10-30-2016, 01:48 PM
Perhaps the answer lies in the middle that is using a FC spkr with a resistor in parallel with the coil. This could limit the amount of current flow though the coil if it isn't rated at a high enough current.
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!

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