Problems with a Philco 5 tube radio

[Reece]

Congrats!

Loop antennas are part of the tuned antenna circuit. It takes a coil and a variable capacitor connected in parallel to tune it, and the loop serves as the coil.

[tgunner]

Originally Posted by Reece

Congrats!

Loop antennas are part of the tuned antenna circuit. It takes a coil and a variable capacitor connected in parallel to tune it, and the loop serves as the coil.

I still find it weird that it was never wired like schematic shows.
Anyway, now that I have the signal strong, whenever there was bass in the sound, I heard a popping or clipping noise. I remembered that I had removed the original Sylvania 35C5 Audio Output tube, and replaced it with a spare Zenith one I had. Swapped in the original, and no more popping!

Thanks for your help, Reece!