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Philco 514 Questions
Radioroslyn
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04-15-2019, 08:20 PM
< I get close to the chassis with my hand the signal strength gets noticeably stronger.
Do you have the chassis grounded to something? Not having a ground connected to it can cause this anomaly.

GL
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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Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 01-12-2019, 02:42 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 01-12-2019, 04:53 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by Greggshere - 01-12-2019, 06:01 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by Arran - 01-13-2019, 03:02 AM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 01-13-2019, 03:50 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 01-16-2019, 11:32 AM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by morzh - 01-16-2019, 11:52 AM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 01-23-2019, 02:08 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 01-26-2019, 06:09 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by Radioroslyn - 01-26-2019, 07:24 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 01-27-2019, 08:12 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 02-10-2019, 04:23 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by Arran - 02-10-2019, 05:08 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 03-11-2019, 01:48 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 04-05-2019, 08:49 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by Ron Ramirez - 04-05-2019, 09:32 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 04-12-2019, 01:42 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by morzh - 04-12-2019, 02:10 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by RodB - 04-15-2019, 01:25 PM
RE: Philco 514 Questions - by Radioroslyn - 04-15-2019, 08:20 PM



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