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A Model 52 For Me

Ron Ramirez
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12-06-2006, 10:35 AM

Hi Gary

What Chuck said, PLUS:

Check and clean the tube socket contacts. You may have to carefully tighten the metal "fingers" that contact the individual tube pins on each with a pair of needle-nose pliers.

I just finished working on a Model 50 yesterday. Upon initial power-up it had the classic symptoms of a bad 1st RF coil - very poor reception unless you put your finger on the 1st RF tube grid cap. Pulled the coil and it was good! Then I noticed that wiggling the tube made the set try to work correctly. Cleaned and tightened the tube socket contacts and VOILA, proper reception.

On your set, I would suspect the oscillator circuit first, chiefly the oscillator coil.

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN

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A Model 52 For Me - by n9vu - 11-20-2006, 11:38 PM

Re: A Model 52 For Me - by n9vu - 11-20-2006, 11:49 PM

[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 11-21-2006, 12:20 AM

[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 11-21-2006, 01:28 AM

[No subject] - by n9vu - 11-21-2006, 07:04 AM

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Re: A Model 52 For Me - by n9vu - 11-28-2006, 07:08 AM

[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 11-28-2006, 09:18 AM

[No subject] - by n9vu - 11-28-2006, 09:12 PM

[No subject] - by n9vu - 12-04-2006, 11:19 PM

[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 12-05-2006, 10:17 AM

[No subject] - by n9vu - 12-05-2006, 09:05 PM

[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 12-05-2006, 10:02 PM

[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 12-06-2006, 10:35 AM

[No subject] - by n9vu - 12-06-2006, 08:11 PM

[No subject] - by Chuck Schwark - 12-06-2006, 09:39 PM

[No subject] - by Ron Ramirez - 12-06-2006, 09:47 PM

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