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Rebuilding a Philco Tropic 42-730EZ
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I t ' s A l i v e . . .

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This afternoon, I hooked up the speaker connector, tested all seven tubes (only had to replace one - a 7C6), connected my temporary in-basement antenna, and fired it up.

It sounds good, and is receiving signals on all but one of its five bands. Band 4, the 25-31 meter band (9.3 to 12 mc) is dead - no sound, nothing.

But it is nice to hear my SSTRAN playing music through the 42-730. Icon_smile

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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN


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RE: Rebuilding a Philco Tropic 42-730EZ - by sam - 10-15-2014, 04:52 AM
RE: Rebuilding a Philco Tropic 42-730EZ - by Ron Ramirez - 10-18-2014, 05:27 PM
RE: Rebuilding a Philco Tropic 42-730EZ - by sam - 10-19-2014, 05:20 PM



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