21-04-2011, 09:11 PM
I've had a more systematic go with my continuity tester/signal generator, this time starting at the other end.
I get a bleep out of the speaker no matter what I touch, ie every contact on the ferrite rod, wave-band switch, tuning capacitor and pin 2 of the valves. I did spot one bad joint - an original, not one of mine - so will have a closer look tomorrow as it'll be easier in day-light.
I played the tranny through it a bit more and have been very pleasantly surprised by how good the sound quality is; I think I'd been prejudiced by the case and was thinking it had been cheap and nasty in its day so still would be. Doing something with that will be another challenge.
I don't know if it means anything but it consumes a current of 170mA. While playing about I discovered that the 250VAC range on my AVO is u/s so that'll be another interesting job. Oh well, it keeps me out of mischief.
- Joe
I get a bleep out of the speaker no matter what I touch, ie every contact on the ferrite rod, wave-band switch, tuning capacitor and pin 2 of the valves. I did spot one bad joint - an original, not one of mine - so will have a closer look tomorrow as it'll be easier in day-light.
I played the tranny through it a bit more and have been very pleasantly surprised by how good the sound quality is; I think I'd been prejudiced by the case and was thinking it had been cheap and nasty in its day so still would be. Doing something with that will be another challenge.
I don't know if it means anything but it consumes a current of 170mA. While playing about I discovered that the 250VAC range on my AVO is u/s so that'll be another interesting job. Oh well, it keeps me out of mischief.
- Joe
