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Today I built a new Candohm using the neat turret strips recommended by John. This went well, and the radio came up with voltages where they should be. Attention then turned to resistors around the 6A8 mixer, in the hope that some of the oscillator quirks on SW could be straightened out. the 11 kOhm had drifted to 22 k, so this was replaced. As I turned on the set to test, there was a frazzling sound, and smoke from the shielded wire leading to the 6A8 plate from the IF transformer. The shielding had been badly soldered, and this had probably contributed to the breakdown of the cloth covered wire running within. I have made up a replacement, using some braid recovered from a piece of coax, but am just shy of making the final connection as it is dinner time. The IF windings survived (thank goodness) so I think it should all come back to life.
More tomorrow, hopefully with some pics of the work.
Ed
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RE: Zenith 6S27 - by EdHolland - 07-10-2021, 11:39 PM
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