LW is fully functional now, although I cant get the tracking quite right, but never mind.
The coil consists of an outer former and an inner former, the break was on the inner former and thankfully was easy to get at and repair.
On re-assembly a new fault happened, the radio was dead on both bands.
Then it came to life and then it faded again.
I checked the valve pins and re-soldered the tips of the pins on the RF and IF valves. This seems to have fixed it and it is now playing reliably.
The tuning drive is behaving itself reasonably well at the moment, but I may try and cut a lump off a fishing weight, cut a grove in it and fix it to the rim of the tuning dial, if there is enough room for it to swing round in the cabinet.
I have bought a 22k lin switched pot off ebay, not exactly vintage, probably more 80's than 30's but it will do for now, at least it looks like it is made of metal and Bakelite.
Next are the worm holes on the side of the cabinet and a scrape on the top edge to dress.
Mike
The coil consists of an outer former and an inner former, the break was on the inner former and thankfully was easy to get at and repair.
On re-assembly a new fault happened, the radio was dead on both bands.
Then it came to life and then it faded again.
I checked the valve pins and re-soldered the tips of the pins on the RF and IF valves. This seems to have fixed it and it is now playing reliably.
The tuning drive is behaving itself reasonably well at the moment, but I may try and cut a lump off a fishing weight, cut a grove in it and fix it to the rim of the tuning dial, if there is enough room for it to swing round in the cabinet.
I have bought a 22k lin switched pot off ebay, not exactly vintage, probably more 80's than 30's but it will do for now, at least it looks like it is made of metal and Bakelite.
Next are the worm holes on the side of the cabinet and a scrape on the top edge to dress.
Mike
