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Philco 60 Wave Trap
dconant
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12-30-2024, 02:37 PM
Hello, Working on a Philco 60 run 7. It has a wave trap wired in series with the antenna. I understand a wave trap is not needed anymore so I was wondering if it could just be removed from the circuit? I will probably leave it in anyways. Just wondering?

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12-31-2024, 01:25 PM
I've left them out and tried the radio, left them and tried the radio. No difference. Having said that, I'm wont to leave them provided the coil is still good. I hope that was vague enough.
When you unsolder what has been soldered before the unsoldering, the unsoldering of the soldered is what will be.
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12-31-2024, 04:13 PM
Since the trap is tuned below the lower boundary (usually it is 460kHz), it should not matter as long as the coil conducts. Could be safely shorted out.
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12-31-2024, 05:01 PM
I think I will experiment with it and see where the best performance is if there will be any difference.
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