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OK, last night I got out the Hickok 2000A and tested the 1R5 and although there is still filament continuity, the emissions are about as low as they can get. Again, exactly as jr_tech described is what seems to have happened. I knew that the 1.4V filaments were easy to open up, but I didn't know that if they didn't that the tube would be ruined regardless.
I have learned a HARD lesson in why people that mess with these radios are so particular about the tube voltage. Now I guess I will have to find another tube compliment save for a 3V4 which I have an extra. Now that I have read that the 1R5 sub will allow only broadcast band, I am wondering if the whole project is a waste of time and money. The 1L6s are high priced and to me turning the Transoceanic concept and novelty into no more than an AM radio makes no sense.
I do like the thing so I guess the idea is to get the electronics right and make the 1L6 investment. Then you have a nice, sensitive shortwave radio. I wish there was a collector around my area. I could give him the valuable brown leather unit to get my chassis right WITH a fresh 1L6.....
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