"The spares I have are marked NE-42. Remember: these scarcely ever go bad, only if you break them or separate the bottom from the base. And the set will work without them. If you really want a spare, pick up one when you find it, it will be…"
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Revise Web Site - Member Input WANTED
Started this discussion. Last reply by Scott Seickel Jul 7. 8 Replies 0 Likes
I'd like some member input here!Our current provider doesn't have an ideal format for what we need/use for our web site. Some folks post to blogs, some to forums. Forum messages are all lumped…Continue
FM Tuner problem
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bill Liers Jun 20. 8 Replies 0 Likes
I am restoring my FM Tuner. I have discovered it is different than the factory diagram (not a huge surprise with Scott). Note the difference in the eye tube circuit - clearly original wiring, but…Continue
Scott items for sale
Started this discussion. Last reply by David C. Poland Jun 18. 19 Replies 0 Likes
I spoke with a gentleman yesterday who has a number of Scott items he wants to sell. If you have any interest in these, please message me and I can provide more info. I do not have…Continue
Just Friendly Chats (hereafter: JFC)
Started Jun 4 0 Replies 0 Likes
Over in the discussion on "Silver Ghosts", fellow member Doug Smith mentioned he has a copy of Just Friendly Chats. Given Doug's description, he has a very rare, hardbound version of JFC. I have the…Continue
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"Chris -
If it isn't too much trouble, I would love to get scans of the correspondence you have on the set. There is very little material in the time period, every little bit I can add to the archives would be fantastic. Your notes on the…"
"For the AW23 tweeters, the box looking thing on one speaker is a large capacitor, part of the crossover. It doesn't always go bad, but check for leakage and consider replacing if it is leaky.
Kent"
"Chris -
I have nothing to add to what you've posted. I do know that other companies built Scott models, but I've never heard of one being altered this much. Conversely, Scott labs built some other radios too (RCA specifically) during the…"
"You are right...you move the short plug on the large speaker to the other (right) socket and plug the tweeters in to the left plug.
Kent"
"Preserving previous discussions would be of utmost importance as there is a lot of good info in discussion threads. I am not a fan of the blog posting. I think just having forum section is best.
I think giving the amount of…"
"Hi Kent,
I do use various web site/forums, and Philcoradio.com works the best. And it is mobile-device compatible.
For non-radio web sites, I am also on various car groups, and Forwardlook.net is also a site that is well organized, as far as…"
"One of my favorite sites is the philcoradio.com website, with the Philco Phorum being my main focus. Perhaps it's just because I've been there the longest and am the most used to it."
"Preserving the content here may be an issue. This site doesn't provide any easy way to archive the information, another issue I am trying to resolve. Depending on space/costs, we may be able to do more with photos. Storage requirements are a…"
"I like members only.
I like the idea of a separate For Sale/Wanted area.
Question: Would Scott History be the current Archive Info section, or something else?
I like ability to post photos either in a general Photo…"
"So that is one of the things I want to fix. It's not totally obvious, but when you click that link, you land in a read-only google drive folder. I want to move that content out into more conventional web pages.
Thanks!"
"My only thing would be the Scott info pages. It takes several 'jumps' to find the pages you want, and it isn't really all that intuitive to search. Every thing else you propose sounds good. We appreciate the work and time it…"
"Kent sounds good to me.Pattern it like ARF does...Angelo"
Revise Web Site - Member Input WANTED
I'd like some member input here!Our current provider doesn't have an ideal format for what we need/use for our web site. Some folks post to blogs, some to forums. Forum messages are all lumped together. We don't make great use of the photos area. No members really set up their own pages. Finally, the archive is actually off on another service (largely invisible to most of you). So.....I am considering moving and restructuring the web site. What I propose to build is the following:General web…See More
"Perfect! I merged them into a single, searchable PDF and added it to the 16A folder. Thank you!
Kent "
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Phish Tales
Posted on July 3, 2018 at 10:33am 0 Comments 2 Likes
All - The moderators removed an account that was a bit "phishy" today. We try hard to keep these folks off the forum, but every once in awhile, one gets in. Please ignore/delete any questionable messages and let's keep on talking Scotts!
Kent
Super XII Troubleshooting & Alignment
Posted on July 10, 2017 at 8:04am 1 Comment 0 Likes
I've spent several days working on a particularly difficult chassis and learned something I thought I'd share. First, here is what I had to start with: A nice single chassis Super XII. The IF aligned beautifully, and the 3 SW bands also aligned "by the book". The set sounded great on any SW band, AM was basically dead. There are only 3 things that are AM only, so I verified each coil. While checking continuity on the oscillator coil, I happened to notice that the 1K resistor seemed to move a…
ContinueSuper XII Restoration
Posted on January 27, 2017 at 1:48pm 8 Comments 0 Likes
A Fast Tour
The first step I always take is to remove all the tubes, shields, covers and anything else that can be removed from the chassis. This leaves us with something that looks like this:
And underneath we have:…
Shield Grid 9 SW coils
Posted on February 11, 2016 at 10:03pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Scott made plug-in SW coils for the Shield Grid 9. I'm researching them a bit and I could use more data points. If ANY of you have some of the SG9 SW coils, please contact me. I've got a few questions for you. Thanks!
Comment Wall (18 comments)
- At 4:54pm on March 3, 2010,
Merle Jones said…
- Hello Kent, long time since we've last spoke. Thanks for the invite. I look forward to conversing with you and all the other Scott collectors and seeing their nice radios. -Merle
- At 6:34pm on May 23, 2011,
Thomas Day said…
Kent;
In a post you mentioned having a check list for the allwave 23. Is there a link to that here?
Having a new transformer made and want to be sure everything else is good. The power supply had been re capped at some point. Haven't looked at the main chassis yet except to determine that it needed one tube which I have replaced. I have the operation and service manuals coming from Great Northern.
Thanks
Thom
- At 10:20pm on April 1, 2012,
Renee A. Zeller said…
Kent.....thank you..... I would love more information on the Sheraton cabinet with a Laureate chassis - if you could provide some PDF's that would be wonderful. This has been sitting in the corner of my Great Grandfathers cabin ever since I was young.....I never realized what it was until last summer when I uncovered it and looked at it....but I finally took some pictures so I could ask about it. Thank you again for your time.....I may bug you again with a few more questions when I take a look at it closer this Spring when I am up North at the cabin! Renee:). If you'd like to email the PDF's my e-mail is renee54636@charter.net Thanks:)
- At 11:35am on December 28, 2012,
Richard Green said…
Kent, got a quick question. In photos 19 thru 24 of your photos, what is that device? I have something like that has either 5 or 6 of those tubes.
Thanks,
Richard
- At 4:05pm on December 28, 2012,
Kent King said…
That is the Scott FM converter...it changes 88-108 FM down to 42-50 so that the older FM tuners could receive the modern band established post-war. The 717A tubes are used in a number of higher frequency applications. If your device has 5 or 6 of them, it could be most anything....
- At 7:46pm on December 28, 2012,
Thanks,
I'll have to dig it out of the garage tomorrow. Maybe I can find out more info from google, now what I know it is.
Richard
aka pslmsngr
- At 8:23pm on March 2, 2013,
Hi Kent,
I am not sure what to do with this one. I thought I may be able
to strip it and re-crome, but that would stretch my abilities quite a bit.
I'm sure I could get it to work if it was just a re-capp and resistor/coil
check, its not so difficult electrically. All the parts are there. The cabinet is nice, the original owner stripped it so it just needs a refinish. I really don’t want to pay
much for a good chassis, so I am not sure what to do. I'll have to check
the serial number and get back to you.
Steve
- At 7:49am on March 4, 2013,
Steve -
I would like the serial number for my research. Actually, rechroming a 23 will probably cost as much (if not more) than locating a nice chassis....so it you want to get it operating, I'd say "Go for it". You are right, even if it isn't pretty, you will be able to make it play, and it will sound great. It's worth the effort! If you need anything along the way, just ask, folks here are always glad to help!
Kent
- At 8:38am on December 28, 2013,
Hi Kent,
Working on pics and serial #'s, but what is meant by the term "Serbs"?
Thanks, Darrell
- At 6:33pm on November 19, 2016,
Joseph W Strickland said…
Kent;
I have been cleaning up the schematic for the early (Feb. 1946) schematics for the 800B. Here are those two pages. I am working on another page that combines the radio tuner circuit and the electric tuning circuit on one page. The paper size is printable on 11 X 17 inch paper for the two files included here.
Joe
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