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42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT
davidff
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12-30-2013, 08:30 AM
My recently recapped 42-1008 suddenly stopped receiving on the short wave band. It gets no audio at all when switched here. The broadcast, etc are all loud and clear. Is there an oscillator tube that may be bad or just need to clean the band switch? All suggestions welcome before I investigate.
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42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 12-30-2013, 08:30 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 12-30-2013, 08:58 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by hsusmann - 12-30-2013, 09:18 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 01-02-2014, 09:21 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by BrendaAnnD - 01-02-2014, 10:00 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Eric T - 01-05-2014, 02:49 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 01-06-2014, 08:59 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Eric T - 01-08-2014, 07:36 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-08-2014, 07:42 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-08-2014, 07:53 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Eric T - 01-10-2014, 06:52 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Jamie - 01-11-2014, 09:59 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-11-2014, 10:32 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 01-12-2014, 02:07 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-12-2014, 05:11 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by codefox1 - 01-14-2014, 02:18 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by davidff - 01-15-2014, 08:14 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 08:45 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by hsusmann - 01-15-2014, 12:52 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 01:30 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 02:40 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by hsusmann - 01-15-2014, 03:19 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by morzh - 01-15-2014, 03:41 PM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by Eric T - 01-18-2014, 12:21 AM
RE: 42-1008 SHORTWAVE BAND SILENT - by BrendaAnnD - 01-18-2014, 02:09 AM



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