11-17-2014, 01:42 PM
First, thank you so much for your kind replies. I do appreciate your wililingness to help me. Some answers to questions:
1. I was under the impression, from reading the posts in the forum, that anyone who was willing to spend time and some money could get a radio in fairly good condition up and running again by replacing the paper caps and needed tubes. That you don't have to be an electonics expert and have a lot of expensive testing equipment on hand. (I'm not, and I don't)
2. I replaced (they were missing) the two 6K7 tubes and the 6A8 and 6Q7. The tubes I did not replace were the 5Y4 and the 6F6.
3. I was ablet to tune in a station at 560 AM all day yesterday with a really good strong signal, and the dial appears to be correct on the tuning. It was so loud I had to turn the volume down about halfway.
4. Yes I have a good schematic, which has been very helpful when I was working on replacing all the capacitors.
5. Yes I have the page that has the factory instructions for the alignment procedure.
Questions:
1. Since I was able to pull in a good strong AM station, does that mean that the tubes are OK?
2. I know this sounds like a stupid question, but why do I need to go through this "alignment" thing? Shouldn't that have all been done at the factory?
I will take your advice seriously, and do my best to go through your recommended alignment procedure and we will see what we can get.
1. I was under the impression, from reading the posts in the forum, that anyone who was willing to spend time and some money could get a radio in fairly good condition up and running again by replacing the paper caps and needed tubes. That you don't have to be an electonics expert and have a lot of expensive testing equipment on hand. (I'm not, and I don't)
2. I replaced (they were missing) the two 6K7 tubes and the 6A8 and 6Q7. The tubes I did not replace were the 5Y4 and the 6F6.
3. I was ablet to tune in a station at 560 AM all day yesterday with a really good strong signal, and the dial appears to be correct on the tuning. It was so loud I had to turn the volume down about halfway.
4. Yes I have a good schematic, which has been very helpful when I was working on replacing all the capacitors.
5. Yes I have the page that has the factory instructions for the alignment procedure.
Questions:
1. Since I was able to pull in a good strong AM station, does that mean that the tubes are OK?
2. I know this sounds like a stupid question, but why do I need to go through this "alignment" thing? Shouldn't that have all been done at the factory?
I will take your advice seriously, and do my best to go through your recommended alignment procedure and we will see what we can get.
