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Old 07-26-2011, 12:23 PM
dieseljeep dieseljeep is offline
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Those 4 tube Arvins and their clones were supprisingly sensitive. If you look at the schematic, you'll see that the IF transformer has a tapped primary. Also it has a pentagrid converter tube instead of the lousy autodyne converter. Admiral, Westinghouse, Sonora and GE uses an autodyne converter in their four tube sets. They use a loop antenna, but are very poor receivers.
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