...I FEEL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY!!!

...LET'S REMEMBER THAT "THE OLD DAYS" WERE NOT ALL GOOD- AND "THE PRESENT DAYS" ARE NOT ALL BAD, EITHER!!!

F.K. Burnham , I would suggest any good lubricant which did NOT have graphite, as it is a good conductor and would cause problems if it dripped or spread between electrical connections.

Yes...WLW with 500kw...ran from 1934 to 1939

Ir was always told to me that a 50,000 watt clear channel was the largest allowable by law, even seen back in the day. KDKA the first commercial broadcast channel was one. No?

Can you tell me what type of capacitor Terry is using to replace the old non-electrolytics please? Are they all polypropylene? I did ask Terry in an email but I guess he hasn't had time to reply yet and I really need to know!

colin rhenius, yes they all look to be polypropylene. The flat brown ones are generally Panasonic, at least the Panasonic that I ordered. Obviously the orange drop you know. The larger one that’s very dark in the bowl, as dark as his wine, looks like a silver mica. Silver micas generally don’t go bad unless they see a lot of heat, but I’ve had to replace them before. So that could be a silver mica.

Dan Horton and, if you change any silver micas, I’d definitely do a re-alignment.

@@CanadairCL44 , did you see the video on caps put out by Paul Carlson? It is under Mr Carlson's Lab. He does himself proud in all of them. PS, he finds MOST old radios have been "screwdrivered" or some "repair" was attempted by "screwing the screws on the i.f. cans." They CAN be "hot" (or have B+ voltage on the screws). Watch out! Don't attempt a fix without special insulated tools (screwdrivers).

@@danhorton6182 , Many times the dial will not align if you replace hand selected mica caps which are good with others not exactly of the same value or type. Watch out that you don't outsmart yourself.

No, the 500.000w transmitter is still there and pretty much complete, but it is very far from being operational unless they restored it in the last 5 years or so. It hasn't been used since the USA law decided that 50kw is the maximum. Restoration wouldn't make sense because they could never put it on air anymore because of its high power output. This strikes me as odd, because even in the tiniest countries in Europe, you were allowed to have a several hundred kw transmitter, as long as you reduce power at nighttime. Quite a few of those >100kw stations are still operating. Especially the longwave stations are impressive. Their smaller fully tubed backup transmitter, however, is in operational state. It is used on special historic occasions.

WLW was 500,000 watts during WWII. It was called the Nation Station. It now uses a Harris transmitter that is ready to go digital. There are lots of stories here about bed springs that talked and lights wouldn't turn off during the war years. I live here and worked for Harris. Been to WLW many times.

THAT'S A GOOD ONE!!!

...if he wanted to go to all the trouble- CERTAINLY!!!

Someones going to make the joke that all wire is resistive... that person will be me today :)

Thanks man, The price has dropped, we are laying low, watching

Check my comment on your post on the property for my thoughts on how to expedite things. good luck!@@d-labelectronics

Love it, will add to the list!

...how about this one: "incapacitatedtor"(?)

I recently bought a cheap Chinese 2-qt ultrasonic cleaner on Amazon for my crusty tuning caps. Has worked well so far with a few drops of dish soap in tap water. Just don't over-run the things. My house current is 100 V 50 Hz which probably helps keep the 120 V device from burning itself out as well but that might require longer cleaning times. Removing the cap can be a pain but you get to replace the rubber grommets underneath which are usually pretty crusty as well.

Wayne Thompson , You can use small particles of nut shells in a blaster to clean tuning caps. It can also clean chassis and such. See Paul Carlson's work using one in Mr Carlson's Lab restoration videos.

@@sincerelyyours7538 , Not a great idea to use a low frequency and different voltage unit on a US version. The transformer would be OK at a lower frequency, but NOT at a lower voltage. I am guessing you are in Japan?

@@BruceNitroxpro , can you provide a url for one in which he mentions that?

@@waynethompson8416 , The one on the Echophone EC-1 did, as well as one other I remember... not sure about the URL... using the Search command on Firefox (mine defaults to the KZfaq Search while here) works. Hope that helps!

Opps should have read the description. Wow 1935

Hello, I made the diagram in Visio

6F6 was replaced by the 6V6 I believe, or it is the preceding equivalent

There's some similarity between 6v6, 6f6, 6k6, etc. 6V6 is a beam tetrode that runs at higher voltages. The first champ amps used a 6K6 Pentode.

Michiganier

...well, "ya can't please EVERYBODY!!"

Wrapping up a house repair, been eating my time, always something

Goto d-labelectronics.com contact info is there

...DO THEY EVEN MAKE THAT STUFF ANYMORE?

I used to listen too. It's been years, there must not be much now with all the internet. There were certain frequencies that would pick up in the day and others at night, also on AM Radio l used to listen to long distance stations that were 50,000 watts. Last time I tried I couldn't get any AM at night, I think they stopped the Big AM 50,000 Watt Stations.

@@BETTERWORLDSGT The AM station here is 50 KW during the day but like most they went to a directional antenna system they switch over to at night and run like 10 - 25 KW or something.