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philco 38-1 and 38-3 dial
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They are different. I had an almost tragic accident with my 38-2 dial (same as 38-1).

Thinking I may need to replace it, I checked out the RadioDaze' 38-3 reproduction to see how closely it matched. I measured the angle between the same two frequencies on each and they differed. I forget by how much. This made me doubt the the 38-3 dial would track correctly on the 38-2. Maybe a 38-1/2 could be aligned to use the 38-3 dial?

When I started to restore the chassis I first removed the tubes and was cleaning them with Windex. Well, dummy me, I didn't see it was misting onto the dial. That caused dust /dirt on the dial to blob up. I very, very, very carefully cleaned the dial with Q-tips. Relatively happy ending. FYI - the blue ink seemed to be the most vulnerable, then red and then black.

Can't think of anything witty.
Greg O.
Whitehall, PA


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philco 38-1 and 38-3 dial - by mg34.42 - 12-03-2021, 11:59 PM
RE: philco 38-1 and 38-3 dial - by PhilcoJohn - 12-05-2021, 06:02 PM
RE: philco 38-1 and 38-3 dial - by Ron Ramirez - 12-05-2021, 06:51 PM
RE: philco 38-1 and 38-3 dial - by Greg - 12-06-2021, 09:19 PM



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