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38-8 no stations
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ok, working on a 38-8. total recap, currently have shadow meter bypassed because the coil is open on it. fired up the set. no stations. I assume antenna should be connected to "red" terminal on back.
voltages on the tubes ( for the voltages I have #s for) check out ok.

I can put the signal gen on the red terminal and tune the sig gen to say 700 and I can tune the radio to 700 and there is my tone. I can tune both to other places on the dial and the tone is where it should be.

Now circuits appear to be working but something obviously is not or I would get stations.

What am I missing. bad tube?

I have cleaned the band switch.


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38-8 no stations - by simplex1040 - 05-26-2013, 05:33 PM
RE: 38-8 no stations - by morzh - 05-26-2013, 08:03 PM
RE: 38-8 no stations - by simplex1040 - 05-26-2013, 08:11 PM
RE: 38-8 no stations - by morzh - 05-26-2013, 08:32 PM
RE: 38-8 no stations - by simplex1040 - 05-26-2013, 09:59 PM
RE: 38-8 no stations - by morzh - 05-26-2013, 10:03 PM
RE: 38-8 no stations - by simplex1040 - 05-26-2013, 10:15 PM



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