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Philco 84 Problem
Steve Chambers
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09-29-2007, 08:11 AM
I'm willing to bet your oscillator coil primary is open. I've restored three or four of these and they all had this symptom. It's not hard to rewind this part of the coil. Try to get the wire size close and the number of turns the same as the old coil. If it won't oscillate, reverse the connections. Remember too, that this radio needs a good antenna and ground to operate. It was Philco's cheapest offering at the time and while it will pick up all the local stations and sound pretty good, it is not a DX radio.

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