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Philco 42-716T shortwave problem
HooiserScootrer
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08-08-2023, 05:23 PM
Yep, did all that prior to posting. Today I noticed that moving one of the wires between the band switch and the antenna section of the tuner knocked out my generator signal.  I checked the wire for continuity while moving it and it checked good. On a whim, I pulled the tuner and replaced the mounting grommets, all wire and the braided ground leads.  After re-installing I had normal SW reception with a 20' indoor wire.  I think that's pretty good considering I'm in a basement with foil backed insulation and the radio doesn't have an RF amp.

Please note that several components listed on the schematic were not present in this radio.  This includes the 2.2M AVC resistor, cap #20 and mica caps 28C and 28D. I installed all of them.

Thanks to all who contributed.

Cheers,
Scott
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RE: Philco 42-716T shortwave problem - by GarySP - 08-07-2023, 11:10 AM
RE: Philco 42-716T shortwave problem - by Chas - 08-07-2023, 07:13 PM
RE: Philco 42-716T shortwave problem - by HooiserScootrer - 08-08-2023, 05:23 PM



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