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A Beginner's Journey: The Philco 40-190
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10-08-2012, 08:09 PM
Agree, if the hum bucker winding is wired backwards you will get more not less hum. Can't hurt to reverse it and have a listen. All those old sets had some hum regardless. You can beef up the filter capacitors a little bit (say 10%) and as said, make sure your output tubes are not gassy, but there will still be a little hum or more likely interference from modern devices that simply didn't exist way back when.
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RE: A Beginner's Journey: The Philco 40-190 - by codefox1 - 10-08-2012, 08:09 PM
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Re: - by Chuck Schwark - 09-07-2008, 10:49 PM
Re: A Beginner's Journey: The Philco 40-190 - by Guest - 09-16-2008, 08:30 PM
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