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Philco 42-345 Restoration/Repair
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06-15-2025, 10:49 PM
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06-15-2025, 11:01 PM
Hello Vlad95 ,
Very Funny !
Sincerely Richard
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06-15-2025, 11:15 PM
By the way.
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Take a look here: Dial cord stringing Guides
May be here you can fount correct string setting.
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Vlad, you nailed it. Swiss and German roots.
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Thanks Rod,
"When you hear the background hiss and no station it usually indicates that the oscillator quit" probably my luck it has quit, and I don't currently have a signal generator for testing."

As for the tuning knob, not European but since the cable was broken when I received the radio the string must be backwards. And it's working perfect going the wrong way.
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Vlad95,
Thank you for the stringing guides and wow there are so many
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