04-06-2012, 12:14 PM
I'll certainly have a look at that, David.
I've re-done it with the Advance and found it's actually 450 kc/s. It is now working very much better, at first I could only get Radio Sheffield and Absolute but can now get a few more stations and hear the interference between.
The idler repair worked but the cartridge seems to be shot as very little sound comes out of the amp and what there is is distorted. This doesn't greatly bother my as I have better uses for the PU sockets.
When I was given this I was told it was bought in 1939. The more I've worked on it the less I've thought this was correct. For a start two of the valves didn't come on the market 'til 1940 and the wiring on the deck is PVC. I finally settled the matter this morning as the speaker is dated 27 May 1949, which, coincidently, was my Mother's twenty-first birthday.
- Joe
I've re-done it with the Advance and found it's actually 450 kc/s. It is now working very much better, at first I could only get Radio Sheffield and Absolute but can now get a few more stations and hear the interference between.
The idler repair worked but the cartridge seems to be shot as very little sound comes out of the amp and what there is is distorted. This doesn't greatly bother my as I have better uses for the PU sockets.
When I was given this I was told it was bought in 1939. The more I've worked on it the less I've thought this was correct. For a start two of the valves didn't come on the market 'til 1940 and the wiring on the deck is PVC. I finally settled the matter this morning as the speaker is dated 27 May 1949, which, coincidently, was my Mother's twenty-first birthday.
- Joe
