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3rd Jan 2019, 9:02 pm | #61 | |
Hexode
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Re: Restoration novice. Philips B3G63A.
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4th Jan 2019, 12:16 am | #62 |
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Re: Restoration novice. Philips B3G63A.
If the worst comes to the worst, I may still have a good tuning gang from a scrapped set. Should be easy enough to clear any shorting plates though.
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4th Jan 2019, 3:09 pm | #63 |
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Re: Restoration novice. Philips B3G63A.
Well I think I have rectified the fault with the tuning capacitor. I tried looking with a bright lamp and a magnifying glass but could not see any obvious points of contact. I took a thin piece of card and slotted it between the vanes one by one again with no success. I was about to give up (very cold in the shed at 10.30pm), When I noticed th tiniest spot of something? Resting between the end of two of the vanes. I removed it with some very fine tweezers and hey presto the radio functioned correctly. I’m not sure what the object was as it was too small to examine even with the magnifying glass. In order to acces the tuning capacitor the bracket that holds the ferrite rod aerial has to be removed and unfortunately I broke one of the connecting wires. But it was simple to solder back in place. The radio now functions well.
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4th Jan 2019, 3:15 pm | #64 | |
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Re: Restoration novice. Philips B3G63A.
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4th Jan 2019, 3:32 pm | #65 | |
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Re: Restoration novice. Philips B3G63A.
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4th Jan 2019, 3:47 pm | #66 |
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Re: Restoration novice. Philips B3G63A.
No need to do this if you have cleared the fault.
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