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Work on the Philco 39-30 has begun
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04-19-2015, 11:15 AM
Well what do you know! That solved the problem. I clipped a whole bunch of gator wires together and hooked it up to the drop ceiling grid, and reception is excellent! I turned off the fluorescent lights, and that solved the static problem too!
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RE: Work on the Philco 39-30 has begun - by TheUniversalDave1 - 04-19-2015, 11:15 AM
RE: Work on the Philco 39-30 has begun - by sam - 04-19-2015, 12:44 PM
RE: Work on the Philco 39-30 has begun - by morzh - 04-20-2015, 11:35 PM
RE: Work on the Philco 39-30 has begun - by Arran - 04-21-2015, 03:41 AM



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