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Old 03-02-2018, 10:50 PM
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Zenith 17B20

Picked up a Zenith 17B20 metal tabletop for happy money
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Old 03-03-2018, 11:01 AM
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Picked up a Zenith 17B20 metal tabletop for happy money
That's the model that won back the favor of the repair crowd. The 56&57 model upright donut chassis were dogs to work on.
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Old 03-04-2018, 04:06 PM
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Thats the same basic chassis that ran into the '70s & the end of
the tube era. Cant say anything bad abt them. See the thread
a few after this one.

73 Zeno
LFOD !
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Old 03-04-2018, 09:23 PM
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Looks like a cool project!
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Old 03-04-2018, 09:46 PM
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Thats the same basic chassis that ran into the '70s & the end of
the tube era. Cant say anything bad abt them.

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Most frequent issue seemed to be the buzz/quad adjustments.
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Old 03-05-2018, 07:35 PM
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Picked up a Zenith 17B20 metal tabletop for happy money
Small World!

I may have the same model! Bought it at the 2009 ETF convention. I thought it would replace a 16C21 I had owned as a teenager, which was wonderful for DXing on the low band (saw Spokane on it watching from Detroit).
Alas, my 17B20 does not have the cascode tuner that my other set had, the channel knob broke, and a wire came loose inside when I was trying to fix it. It's been sitting in the basement for eight years.
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