I'm a little surprised by the chickenhead knob top centre of the scale. This must be a mod by someone. Even the relative few that were built with medium and long wave coverage didn't have a control there - the third knob was fitted central to the existing two in the lower front of the cabinet.
As far as the loudspeaker goes, I guess there's be no real harm in trying an 8 ohm unit but the mismatch is probably going to cause distortion and low volume. Wiring a resistor across the speech coil won't help the problem IMO. Ideally you need a correct unit. With a bit of luck you might be able to repair the existing cone or even recone from another unit.
Nice little sets to work on, but watch out for the unusual demodulation method.
-Tony
Quick edit: a sdecond look shows the folly of my suggestion re cone repair. You can't repair what ain't there!
As far as the loudspeaker goes, I guess there's be no real harm in trying an 8 ohm unit but the mismatch is probably going to cause distortion and low volume. Wiring a resistor across the speech coil won't help the problem IMO. Ideally you need a correct unit. With a bit of luck you might be able to repair the existing cone or even recone from another unit.
Nice little sets to work on, but watch out for the unusual demodulation method.
-Tony
Quick edit: a sdecond look shows the folly of my suggestion re cone repair. You can't repair what ain't there!
