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Piecing Together the 53-956
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I have a 1953 Model 53-956 I bought from a flea market about 20 years ago. Terrible shape with a wasp nest and dirt dobber nest built inside. There was no back and the loop antenna was taped to the chassis with the power cord being loosely tucked inside. I managed to get it playing again after several tube replacements, caps and resistor replacements. However, I never could find any info as to how to piece things back together again. The photos below may help. The antenna has no place to attach to the chassis as I think it should somehow attach to the back that's not there. The little "terminal board" with the two screws and two connectors in the picture, attached to the power cord, I have no idea where it goes nor what the single protrusion pin is on the chassis at the back just below the two prong pins for the power cable.

Bottom line if someone can you steer me somewhere that I can find out how to piece things together it would be most appreciative. Perhaps someone has one like this(or a clone model) with some pics of the back and inside of the back to show what's connected where. I do think the metal clamp and attached wire with the "terminal board" is the FM antenna but don't know where it's suppose to connect. I have a schematic but it doesn't show any of this info.
Thanks

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Piecing Together the 53-956 - by Elijah - 12-20-2012, 11:05 PM
RE: Piecing Together the 53-956 - by 7estatdef - 12-21-2012, 09:06 AM
RE: Piecing Together the 53-956 - by Elijah - 12-21-2012, 04:08 PM
RE: Piecing Together the 53-956 - by Elijah - 12-21-2012, 06:40 PM
RE: Piecing Together the 53-956 - by Elijah - 12-21-2012, 07:00 PM
RE: Piecing Together the 53-956 - by Elijah - 12-21-2012, 08:05 PM



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