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Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue

Ron Ramirez
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City: Ferdinand State, Province, Country: Indiana

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06-22-2018, 10:53 PM

I had a hard time removing the speaker from the cabinet. Of course, two of the three speaker mounting nuts were rusted to the decorative speaker screws.

Fortunately, a little PB Blaster and some gentle persuasion soon took care of that problem.

I connected the speaker, connected my little 12 foot antenna, plugged the T7-5 into my Variac, slowly brought it up and...

It's Alive!

[Video: https://youtu.be/ZaKu0BDiAG4]

Less than three weeks...not bad after the last project.

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_055.jpg]

Of course it isn't finished yet. There is still the matter of the dial pointer, and replacing the dial scale. In addition, the speaker sounds awful - much like a Philco 20. There is a good reason for that...

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...-5_054.jpg]

Look, Ma, no spider! And so the voice coil is rubbing the pole piece like crazy. The cone is not in very good shape, either. Looks like this calls for a recone job.

Well, this weekend I'll see what I can do about the dial pointer, in between my other weekend projects. I'm just happy to have this one basically done! Icon_biggrin

--
Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN

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Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 02:38 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 02:47 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-03-2018, 05:48 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 06:40 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-03-2018, 08:14 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Steve Davis - 06-04-2018, 09:00 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-05-2018, 05:20 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Electrothaumaturgist - 06-05-2018, 05:47 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-06-2018, 09:15 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-06-2018, 09:25 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-08-2018, 10:45 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Electrothaumaturgist - 06-09-2018, 07:58 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-09-2018, 10:43 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-09-2018, 11:26 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-10-2018, 12:06 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-10-2018, 08:11 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-10-2018, 07:05 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-10-2018, 08:05 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-10-2018, 09:29 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-10-2018, 09:44 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-10-2018, 09:53 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by EdHolland - 06-11-2018, 12:32 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Electrothaumaturgist - 06-11-2018, 12:42 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-12-2018, 09:37 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Kenneth F. Besso Jr. - 06-13-2018, 08:07 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-13-2018, 11:40 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-14-2018, 03:23 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-14-2018, 06:21 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by EdHolland - 06-14-2018, 04:07 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-14-2018, 09:11 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by EdHolland - 06-14-2018, 10:07 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-15-2018, 02:14 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by mikethedruid - 06-15-2018, 05:39 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-17-2018, 12:31 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-17-2018, 02:50 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-17-2018, 08:56 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-17-2018, 10:21 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-18-2018, 03:41 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-19-2018, 09:34 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-20-2018, 09:47 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-21-2018, 05:08 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-21-2018, 09:32 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Paul Philco322 - 06-21-2018, 09:51 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-22-2018, 04:27 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-22-2018, 10:45 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-22-2018, 10:53 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-22-2018, 11:48 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 08:03 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 10:22 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 04:58 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Steve Davis - 06-23-2018, 05:33 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-23-2018, 06:14 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 06:29 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by EdHolland - 06-23-2018, 10:27 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-23-2018, 11:19 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Arran - 06-24-2018, 03:42 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 08:38 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 11:32 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Paul Philco322 - 06-24-2018, 11:52 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 12:10 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 06-24-2018, 01:18 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 01:45 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 06-24-2018, 05:28 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-02-2018, 10:00 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 07-02-2018, 11:37 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Eliot Ness - 07-03-2018, 07:42 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-03-2018, 10:37 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by jcassity - 07-04-2018, 09:21 AM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-05-2018, 06:26 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-05-2018, 08:05 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 07-05-2018, 10:53 PM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-06-2018, 10:26 AM

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RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-09-2018, 09:15 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Paul Philco322 - 07-09-2018, 09:26 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Dan Walker - 07-09-2018, 09:31 PM

RE: Ron's RCA T7-5 Electronic Rescue - by Ron Ramirez - 07-10-2018, 12:57 PM

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