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Is it common for those old flexible resistors to just blow apart? I'm asking because this resistor's outer cloth shell was completely disintigrated and all that was left was the resistor's wire element which then shorted to the chassis and left a burn mark on the chassis where it shorted to the chassis! Also as for the replacement resistor I did come across in my parts stash 2 270 Ohm 2 watt flameproof resistors that I tied together in series to make a 540 Ohm 2 watt resistor (the original resistor had no tolerance markings listed so I figured that that would be close enough. the original 6A8 tube (this radio had all metal cased tubes which were brand new at that time) was completely dead according to my tube testers (I tested it on my Knight Model 600 Tube Tester, my Sencore Mighty Mite VII Tube Tester and on a B & K Model 606/666 Tube Tester and all three of them tested the tube as bad/zero emissions), thankfully I had a NOS 6A8GT tube that I was able to stick in there, hopefully it won't affect the performance of the radio with it not being a metal cased tube like the rest of the tubes. You said this radio doesn't have AVC or a standard Volume Control configuration, how does this radio perform compared to others in your opinion? I like to use these radios for Night Time DX'ing. |
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Regarding the flexible resistor, they all crumbled after so many years. I would use two resistors to equal a value closer to 450-470 ohms. When DXing with a TRF or a non-AVC superhet, you have to have the volume control set to max, to have the sensitivity to seek out distant stations. If the radio squeals or motorboats, you might have to use a tube shield on the 6A8GT. |
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when I have the original 6A8 metal tube in the radio it doesn't do anything (no audio or anything) but then when I turn off the radio I can hear my signal generator coming through loud and clear and undistorted (no hum/motorboating), which tells me that they wired this radio up so that it could only use metal cased tubes I think... As for the resistors, I already have the 2 270 ohm 2 watt reistors installed in the radio, and I don't really want to have to go back in and remove it and reinstall new ones again as it was a pain in the butt to install them the first time around, is there any sort of problem with having a resistor that's 70 ohms higher than the original? The original resistor as I said previously didn't have any sort of tolerance listing listed for it in the Rider's Service Data which usually means its at least 20% tolerance or more, and 20% of 470 is 94 ohms which means that 540 Ohms is well within the original specs... Last edited by vortalexfan; 07-03-2021 at 12:46 PM. |
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Sounds like there might be a 'floating grid' condition with the 6A8. That's when the DC path to the control grid is open (like an open in the RF coil or bandswitch). What resistance do you measure from the grid cap to ground?
(Since there's no AVC bus, the coil ties directly to ground according to the schematic.) |
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Is that what its supposed to measure, or do I have the aforementioned "floating grid" issue you spoke of? |
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It's definitely not floating. A few (or several) ohms sounds right. Floating would be infinite resistance.
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I have since removed the series 270 Ohm 2 Watt resistors and replaced it with a 270 ohm 2 watt and a 180 ohm 2 watt resistor in series to make a 450 Ohm 2 Watt resistor.
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You seem to get some, not-to-common sets to repair, restore! |
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