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Philco 39-116 radio and remote
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Hi all!
I know, I'm getting waaaay ahead of myself here.  But I have to ask.  The Philco 39-116 is one of those radios that requires a long wire antenna.  That's not going to work in my house.  Has anyone tried to use a loop antenna with this radio?  I did run across an article that replaced the broadcast coil L1 secondary with a loop antenna of 240uH. Still used capacitor 10A to tune the antenna as well as the 8 channel selector caps to tune the individual channels.  This option would only work for the broadcast band.  Still have to use a long wire antenna for SW bands.  I don't think it would be difficult to build an antenna as a loop (i.e. on an embroidery hoop) or as a spiral on a flat form.  Has anyone tried this? Any advice on using a circular loop vs a flat form spiral?  There isn't as much room in the bottom of the cabinet as you would think, especially if you want to be able to rotate the antenna and keep it above the remote receiver antenna.
Thanks,
Rich


Messages In This Thread
Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 07-17-2024, 02:14 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by GarySP - 07-17-2024, 04:50 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 07-17-2024, 09:36 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 07-17-2024, 09:47 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 07-18-2024, 08:00 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 07-21-2024, 05:04 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 08-10-2024, 02:30 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by jrblasde - 08-10-2024, 07:03 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 08-17-2024, 08:14 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RodB - 08-17-2024, 08:50 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 08-18-2024, 01:27 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by MrFixr55 - 08-18-2024, 10:04 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RodB - 08-18-2024, 10:08 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by morzh - 08-18-2024, 11:10 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by jrblasde - 08-18-2024, 01:35 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 08-27-2024, 07:41 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RodB - 08-27-2024, 08:41 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 08-28-2024, 01:22 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by GarySP - 08-28-2024, 07:59 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 08-28-2024, 09:18 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by Chas - 08-28-2024, 11:29 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 08-29-2024, 01:37 AM
462ron - by 462ron - 08-29-2024, 07:50 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RodB - 08-29-2024, 09:08 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 08-31-2024, 01:27 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 09-01-2024, 08:36 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 09-01-2024, 01:19 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 09-02-2024, 07:52 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 09-04-2024, 01:16 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 09-04-2024, 01:33 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by Chas - 09-04-2024, 05:02 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 09-04-2024, 08:41 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by GarySP - 09-04-2024, 09:15 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by Chas - 09-04-2024, 10:34 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 09-15-2024, 06:31 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 09-15-2024, 09:15 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 09-19-2024, 04:01 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 09-20-2024, 05:32 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 11-04-2024, 08:00 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by morzh - 11-04-2024, 10:25 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by rfeenstra - 11-05-2024, 01:02 AM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 11-06-2024, 03:38 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by Arran - 11-13-2024, 08:37 PM
RE: Philco 39-116 radio and remote - by RichG - 11-15-2024, 05:21 PM



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