1952 Zenith Bugeye AM/FM Clock Radio

[vortalexfan]

Originally Posted by davet753

I have a similar Zenith where the FM band slowly lost sensitivity and started drifting. I found one section of the 19T8 to be just a little weak, and once replaced the FM was rock solid again.

After that, I puled the 19T8 from my H845 and checked it, and found one section far weaker than the other 2. I always thought the H845 performed well, but a replacement tube gave me a noticeable sensitivity improvement. Evidently, those Zenith's require a good, strong 19T8 to perform properly.

Yep, that's what I'm thinking, the 19T8 that was in there was an older replacement so I swapped it out for one I had nabbed out of an old Zenith I had scrapped and bang it had fixed it right up again!