" I just wanted to say that I have my Allwave 12 Deluxe playing very nicely. Listened to the whole Cleveland Guardians game today without any problems. Lots of volume and hardly any adjustment in the alignment. Plays…"
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New member acquires first Scott radio
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kent King Jan 2. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hello All. As stated I'm a new member that acquired my first Scott. I've been restoring radios for 10 yrs. now and I love the challenge this one looks to be. I believe it is a Allwave 12 without…Continue
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"I'm wondering if the voltages on my receiver would be different than the voltages on "Instructions For Checking And Aligning The Scott 12-Tube Deluxe Allwave Radio Receiver" printout. AW12D Alignment.pdf
In reading the…"
"Yes all the caps have been replaced and all the tubes have been checked on my Jackson tube checker for shorts. All 3 of the 2k resistors were within tolerance but I will check them again in the morning as well as the ground connections. …"
"I found the problem. A slight wiring error on my part. Now it has lots of volume. Thanks for the suggestion.
Now for another thing that may or may not be a problem. On your schematic the 82k resistor going to the cathode of the 2nd…"
" Forget the request for a power transformer. I found the problem. While maneuvering around I must have knocked a solder blob loose and it wedged behind the high voltage terminal of the rectifier. After removing that, I…"
"Well I have some good news and some really bad news. The good news is I had it receiving although low volume and running about 50volts low throughout the receiver. My antenna is not good at all, about 10' running along the ceiling…"
" David, I found this post from Steve(Azenithnut) on Antique Radio Forum. The company that made my cabinet is called Excello. Interesting that they touted their own radio chassis and speaker which may have been the original receiver…"
"David-Did you know where Barry got this radio?"
"Thanks Alex. The problem is there are no values on the schematic. I've got information on the color codes of the mica caps if they follow the normal color codes of the times, meaning the 1920s and 30s. I'm probably going to…"
"Thank You very much Kent. I don't want to damage anything so I will definitely wait till I restore all the components. And I'll leave the micas alone. Till I have another question. I thank you!!
Dick"
"Thanks Kent. I'm a little leery about all the mica caps in this thing. They are Micamold brand and I've always heard that they are really paper. What is this forum's opinion? I opened one up not too long ago…"
"The caps along the back apron on this receiver aren't very big. They are .1MFD with a 3k resistor in parallel. They aren't any bigger than the other bathtub caps in the rest of the receiver. Do these still have the coil…"
"Yes I did. He said he had it for some time in his living room and was never going to get to restore it so he sold it."
"Mine is the AW-12 without AVC, with twin speakers. This is my first Scott so I'm going to restuff everything. It's kind of like the Philco Bakelite Blocks except they are rivetted in. I will either replace with screws and…"
" Instead of 8mfd I'm using 10mfds/450v that I have on hand. I'm wondering if most of you restuff your caps(electrolytic and bathtub)? If not, it seems like some of the connections would be floating after taking the old…"
"Thanks Kent. I found some Solen 8.2 uf caps at Tubedepot.com that I will be using. Hope they are alright.
Dick"
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