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Old 09-22-2016, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by dtvmcdonald View Post
If the traps are off, the main alignment probably is too.

In contradiction to what is usually said here, ALL of my postwar sets
have been off in alignment. .
. I agree, most time the sound IF and discriminator benefit from some tweeking by ear. Unless Im "all-in" on a restoration I leave the IF alone.

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Originally Posted by dtvmcdonald View Post
Of course, this had been a research-lab test chassis..
. Just imagine having the test equipment the mfr had AND the benefit of access to the design engineer, who knew what the circuit was supposed to do
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