07-29-2011, 07:41 PM
Hi Wendell
Glad to It's up and running!! The knob to the right is the range control. What it is is a small variable cap (like you said) that is in parallel with the main tuning cap for the first rf amp. Now what that should do is give you a small amount tuning to help separate two station that are coming in at the same time.(close in frequency) That's the major drawback with the TRF design is the selectivity is not so good.
If you turn it all the ccw it activates a switch. But for the life of me I can't remember what the heck it does. Sorry.
I can tell you if you hook a jumper from the ANT post to the LOC post and the line cord is plugged in the right way it is suppose to act like an antenna. A poor one but an antenna none the less.
Terry
Glad to It's up and running!! The knob to the right is the range control. What it is is a small variable cap (like you said) that is in parallel with the main tuning cap for the first rf amp. Now what that should do is give you a small amount tuning to help separate two station that are coming in at the same time.(close in frequency) That's the major drawback with the TRF design is the selectivity is not so good.
If you turn it all the ccw it activates a switch. But for the life of me I can't remember what the heck it does. Sorry.
I can tell you if you hook a jumper from the ANT post to the LOC post and the line cord is plugged in the right way it is suppose to act like an antenna. A poor one but an antenna none the less.
Terry
When my pals were reading comic books
I was down in the basement in my dad's
workshop. Perusing his Sam's Photofoacts
Vol 1-50 admiring the old set and trying to
figure out what all those squiggly meant.
Circa 1966
Now I think I've got!
Terry
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