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Old 6th Feb 2023, 5:42 pm   #23
Tim
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Default Re: At last! A KB “Toaster” radio.

Hi gang. Had a good go at the “Toaster” on Saturday.
It now plays( although not very well at present) on both wavebands. It’s quieter than I would have expected and rather hard of hearing. LW works over the entire band but MW conks out about half way along. One or more low emission valves I suspect.
As suspected the smoothing cap was very low on one half and totally open on the other. The only replacement I had that would fit in the clip is slightly longer, and is wire ended but works very well. The on-off switch worked after being forced to switch a 100w incandescent bulb. All waxies and Hunts mouldseals replaced and a couple of out of tolerance resistors.
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