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Restoration Questions on my 37-116
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Hi all, resurrecting this thread on my 37-116 that I started around 10 years ago. I finally got around to refinishing the cabinet after putting it off for so long. Ran out of good weather last fall so will resume soon. I drug the chassis out that I finished way back when to give it a try. What I found was the oscillator alignment for the AM broadcast bad doesn’t track well. I originally thought the replacement dial was off somewhat from the original but it’s too much now. I can get the alignment at the high end for 1500kc and the low end at 580kc spot on per instructions but when I tune in a local station at 830kc it comes in at well over 900kc. A station at 1060 is similarly way off. All this was with AFC turned off. I hate to mess with the mica caps but am considering replacing a few in the osc circuit with silver micas. I know I will need to realign the oscillator on all 5 bands if I do!

Ron

Bendix 0626.      RCA 8BX5.   RCA T64
Philco 41-250.    Philco49-500
GE 201.             Philco 39-25
Motorola 61X13. Philco 46-42        Crosley 52TQ
Philco 37-116.    Philco 70
AK 35                Philco 46-350
Philco 620B.       Zenith Transoceanic B-600
Philco 60B.         Majestic 50
Philco 52-944.    AK 84


Messages In This Thread
Restoration Questions on my 37-116 - by 462ron - 03-09-2014, 05:47 PM
RE: Restoration Questions on my 37-116 - by morzh - 06-01-2014, 10:36 PM
RE: Restoration Questions on my 37-116 - by morzh - 12-11-2014, 10:56 AM
462ron - by 462ron - 02-20-2022, 04:51 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 04-19-2024, 11:20 AM
RE: Restoration Questions on my 37-116 - by morzh - 04-19-2024, 05:20 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 06-28-2024, 07:32 AM
RE: Restoration Questions on my 37-116 - by morzh - 07-04-2024, 11:18 AM



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