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Philco 40-180 Compensator Alignment
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I will clean as u suggested, but I do get some local stations when I switch to Broadcast, it’s just that many of the AM stations can not be found and those that do come in are at lower volume. I had this issue with another Philco 40-180 and it turned out to be an alignment issue. However, on this particular 40-180, I can’t even find the signal from the signal generator so, as a result, can’t really perform the alignment.

I’ve been hesitant to turn the compensators too, too much, during the alignment process as I’ve heard horror stories of “rookies” trying to align a radio, only to so badly misalign it they can get any stations back. I will maybe be a bit more aggressive in my search for the 580 and 1400 signal.


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Philco 40-180 Compensator Alignment - by tludka - 03-16-2022, 08:31 PM
RE: Philco 40-180 Compensator Alignment - by RodB - 10-28-2022, 10:12 AM
RE: Philco 40-180 Compensator Alignment - by gdolph - 10-28-2022, 11:10 AM
RE: Philco 40-180 Compensator Alignment - by RodB - 10-28-2022, 09:32 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 10-29-2022, 08:11 AM



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