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Old 07-20-2015, 10:36 PM
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Philco tombstone with a twist

At the ARCI meet/6m club Hamfest among a variety of bargains I grabbed was a $1 donation auction Philco Tombstone.

IMHO the octal socket saver and the nearly full compliment of tubes in it were each worth what I paid. However once the chassis is removed a tube not on the chart is revealed....A 6BE6 on a hand made sub chassis. There were outward clues of mods though. There is an RCA jack (to the volume wiper), a crystal (?) socket a DPDT toggle switch and a knob to a variable cap on the back of the chassis.


I've tested all the tubes and mostly recapped it..One block cap remains, as well as two random wires (down from 4 when I started) from the mod that lead nowhere. I can get pops from the speaker when touching as far back as the top cap of the converter tube but no stations...With the mod chassis missing it's crystal, the loose wires, and the fact the chassis was unbolted with random incorrect screws rolling around in the cabinet, there is little evidence to suggest it ever was a working or complete mod. I'm thinking it may be time to remove the mod sub chassis and trace the wiring more thoroughly....Any one think I should keep it in?
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