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Originally Posted by funken
Hi gang!
Have a question regarding my newly purchased Transoceanic.
This is my first time owning one of these units.
Okay here's the question. When I turn the set on the tubes do not light up and I cannot recieve shortwave. I can recieve Standard broadcast on one station. I'm using the telescoping antenna.
What is wrong or what am I doing wrong?
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As was said elsewhere, the 1.5 volt tubes do not provide too much glow. If your set has the 50A1 ballast tube, you might see that filament glowing dull red...don't remember if the "Y" had that tube or not.
As for shortwave, did you try it at night? Lots better S/W reception after the sun goes down! Try using the wavemagnet for the broadcast bands, I think the telescoping whip antenna is the shortwave pickup. I was using a T/O before the sun came up at the last DeAnza electronics swap meet with a home-made battery pack, and I was picking up Sydney Australia loud and clear! When the sun came up, I couldn't receive anything useful.
--Bob