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Rebuilding a Philco Tropic 42-730EZ
Ron Ramirez
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12-21-2014, 05:52 PM
(12-12-2014, 01:16 AM)mikethedruid Wrote:  You might want to try a 330 pf and a 47 pf in parallel, since the original was 375pf, more than the 370 pf you made, if the 350 pair you make doesn't work.

I don't have a lot of values in mica caps, so today I went back inside the set and replaced the homemade 370 pF cap with a single 270 pF cap. No change. (well, 12 mc did go up maybe 100 kc.) So I replaced the 270 pF with a 390 pF and called it a day. I'm not going to mess with it any further.

I added the same type of LED lamps with flexible leads as I installed in a couple other Philcos, and the dial really looks great now. Sorry, no picture. Maybe some other time.
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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 sam - 10-19-2014, 05:20 PM
RE: Rebuilding a Philco Tropic 42-730EZ - by Ron Ramirez - 12-21-2014, 05:52 PM



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