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Another project - Philco Tropic 42-788
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For what it's worth...

If you look at the partial schematic and compare it to the photos above, you may notice an extra mica capacitor and resistor. This was a production change:

[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...88_rev.jpg]

This 42-788 has the changes. The 100 pF cap is new.

Of course, that won't fix an open winding on a coil. Icon_sad

And Sam, if you see this...your 38-1XX 1st IF works well in this 42-788. Icon_thumbup Even though the 38-1 has a 470 kc IF, the transformer tunes up fine at 455 kc.

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Ron Ramirez
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RE: Another project - Philco Tropic 42-788 - by Ron Ramirez - 01-23-2015, 11:44 PM



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