01-03-2015, 11:00 PM
Geoff
Point taken. Once I settled into a good groove working on this Zenith, I found that it wasn't that difficult after all. Hopefully, replacing those AM band leaves won't be too hard, either. I have the Goller method thanks to John (Eliot) which I will print out when I am ready to tackle that job.
Mike (morzh)
Thanks, I did check that coil and it was A-O-K. The local-distance switch is definitely working. During my brief test, I switched to the second band and tuned some SW in the 49M band. I was puzzled as to why I wasn't picking up much, until I realized that I had left the local-distance switch in the local position. When switched to On-Distance, the difference was amazing as the SW stations then came in with great strength. A station I could just barely hear on On-Local suddenly became very strong and loud when the set was switched to On-Distance.
Point taken. Once I settled into a good groove working on this Zenith, I found that it wasn't that difficult after all. Hopefully, replacing those AM band leaves won't be too hard, either. I have the Goller method thanks to John (Eliot) which I will print out when I am ready to tackle that job.
Mike (morzh)
Thanks, I did check that coil and it was A-O-K. The local-distance switch is definitely working. During my brief test, I switched to the second band and tuned some SW in the 49M band. I was puzzled as to why I wasn't picking up much, until I realized that I had left the local-distance switch in the local position. When switched to On-Distance, the difference was amazing as the SW stations then came in with great strength. A station I could just barely hear on On-Local suddenly became very strong and loud when the set was switched to On-Distance.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN