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Philco Model 80
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01-05-2019, 05:36 PM
Greg,

I was excited to read your Philco Junior fix. I just finished a Philco Junior restoration and was not pleased with it's performance.
I checked the screws I assumed you were referring to (the screws at the trimmer caps). They were not very loose but I loosened them and sprayed with electrical contact cleaner before retightening based on your finding of oxidation. Long story short, the radio now has virtually no sensitivity picking up only two stations very weakly.

HELP - Was use of the contact cleaner a mistake? Could it have damaged the trimmer caps dielectric? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Don
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Philco Model 80 - by gregb - 01-05-2019, 08:15 AM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by 45philcodon - 01-05-2019, 05:36 PM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by Radioroslyn - 01-05-2019, 05:46 PM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by gregb - 01-05-2019, 07:03 PM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by amptramp - 01-05-2019, 11:36 PM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by 462ron - 01-06-2019, 11:54 AM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by 45philcodon - 01-06-2019, 04:17 PM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by gregb - 01-06-2019, 10:24 PM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by Ron Ramirez - 01-07-2019, 05:58 AM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by 45philcodon - 01-08-2019, 06:09 PM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by rfeenstra - 01-09-2019, 12:40 AM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by Ron Ramirez - 01-09-2019, 07:09 AM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by mark123 - 01-10-2019, 11:13 AM
RE: Philco Model 80 - by rfeenstra - 01-10-2019, 01:36 PM



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