"My question is, does it only drift up in frequency as the set warms? This points to oscillator components. I would use a large soldering iron to heat micas or anything tied to the socket pins. Shouldn't take much. "fading in and out"…"
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Philharmonic FM Gothic Grande for sale.
Started this discussion. Last reply by John Chidgey May 20, 2023. 7 Replies 1 Like
I have a restored radio that customer couldn't take, with FM converter, modern phono and aux input. Good chrome, cabinet. Can be brought to K-town. Contact me for details.thanks, Bill…Continue
FM Converters at Kutztown
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Liers May 8, 2021. 10 Replies 0 Likes
I'll be headed to Kutztown with a few pre-war converters in tow this Friday. If there are any interested parties, Kent has offered to bring them back to his place for easy pick up and saving of…Continue
Found AW-27
Started this discussion. Last reply by Y2K Bruce Nov 12, 2019. 17 Replies 0 Likes
Hi guys,I have a line on one of these in a Warrington cab. The chrome is in very nice condition and the cabinet is clean. I'm looking for opinions on what this should go for? I'm thinking of putting…Continue
Different models, different tweeters
Started this discussion. Last reply by David C. Poland Nov 16, 2014. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Hi all,I'm aware that Scott used a number of different types of tweeters through the years starting with the field coil type on the Allwave 23. I've seen two types of PM tweeters, some with…Continue
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"It is great that the hobby has such solid folks willing to help out a fellow collector on the other side of the country. I am looking forward to getting the set home, safe and sound. Until then, it is in great hands.
John"
"I wanted to give a shout out to Kent for going the extra mile and the guys from MAARC including Joe Koester who helped with the Gothic Grande transfer at K-town. I'm sure it will be smooth sailing for the rest of the trip to it's new home.…"
"Scott,
I commented on yours having the optional speaker system figuring it an important detail for those less familiar with the Scott speaker variations.
I Agree, the few FM Scotts I have seen do sport the optional speaker system.
I have 3 FM Philly…"
"A good question Scott...even the two FM Phantoms I've found in cabinets had the 4-speaker setup. I suspect you may be right...I'll go back through my sales brochures to see if they say anything about it.
Kent"
"David,
This is an FM set. Are there any known original examples that did not have the 4 piece setup? After seeing enough of these, I figured that the 4 piece setup was standard with the FM sets. The only FM sets I have seen with…"
"My best sounding Scott. That's why the client wanted a different turntable."
"Looks nice, and also I see it has the optional 4 unit Scott hi-fi speaker system with crossover and 15 inch woofer."
Philharmonic FM Gothic Grande for sale.
I have a restored radio that customer couldn't take, with FM converter, modern phono and aux input. Good chrome, cabinet. Can be brought to K-town. Contact me for details.thanks, Bill…See More
"Kent,
I have the following: Green wire -20v, red tracer -7.5v, yellow tracer -4.5v, black tracer -3.0v. A little off on these shouldn't make the set dead. Do you use a signal generator? run a coax to a 0.1 uF cap and use to probe into audio…"
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- At 9:39pm on October 23, 2017,
Bill Liers said…
David,
I have a stock of the Ohmite version of 10k 50 Watt pieces with extra slider clamps. They serve well.
Norman,
I believe you are correct. The Candohms used in the other chassis' I've seen run fairly cool.
- At 9:19pm on October 23, 2017,
Norman S Braithwaite said…
- The Candohm resistors usually fail due to corrosion between the lug and the resistance wire causing loss of continuity, not due to overheating.
Norman
- At 8:20pm on October 23, 2017,
David C. Poland said…
I have replaced several of the same canohm units Scott used on the Phantom, Sixteen, Masterpiece - same values. That particular part was not robust enough.
I like to use the big 8000 ohm ceramic resisters with the exposed winding on one side and 4 of the slider clamps - great if you can find them.
The redesigned 1940 Phantom 6L6 amp was evidently intended for both the standard and FM version.
I find having an actual Riders Volumes beats any other medium for clarity of print, and glad i picked up Vol 1 to 15 years ago.
- At 7:49pm on October 23, 2017,
Thanks David,
Robust they are however, I still install my share of replacements ;) My set of Riders is incomplete. The online text was not clear enough and I like my B+ spot on.
- At 7:32pm on October 23, 2017,
Scott talks about the power supplies being "robust.
Bill - There are 3 Phantom Diagrams in Riders vol 14 and 15.
All three show the B divider high 1975 ohms, 780, 980, 3875 to ground -- located in the receiver chassis.
These values are true the redesigned 1940 FM Phantom and Amp that you have with 6L6 s and 5U4's --- Riders 14 page 3,4 which is an double size fold out.
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