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Philco 41-788 'Tropic'
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11-07-2010, 10:19 PM
If I was recapping they would be gone! Seems like a great way to burn up the HV winding on your power transformer. National Radio used some caps like that in they're late '40's communications sets. A lot of them now have replacement power transformers because of it.
Terry
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!

Terry
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Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 03-23-2010, 09:48 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 03-25-2010, 08:11 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 03-25-2010, 10:08 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 03-25-2010, 12:14 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Chuck Schwark - 03-25-2010, 01:09 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-19-2010, 01:37 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-19-2010, 02:46 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-19-2010, 03:13 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-19-2010, 04:46 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-19-2010, 05:46 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-20-2010, 08:50 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-20-2010, 02:22 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-21-2010, 06:03 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-23-2010, 11:20 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by codefox1 - 10-23-2010, 12:12 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 10-23-2010, 12:52 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 10-24-2010, 09:35 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 11-07-2010, 09:34 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by 7estatdef - 11-07-2010, 10:19 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by exray - 11-08-2010, 07:47 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 11-08-2010, 08:52 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 11-08-2010, 10:04 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by codefox1 - 11-08-2010, 04:50 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 11-09-2010, 12:35 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 11-10-2010, 09:27 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 12-01-2010, 11:31 AM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 02-02-2011, 12:07 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 02-02-2011, 12:24 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by jgj6331 - 02-02-2011, 09:39 PM
Re: Philco 41-788 'Tropic' - by Ron Ramirez - 02-02-2011, 11:44 PM



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