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By Random73
February 2015
With the terminal board out of the way, I saw easily that the
pitch filling had been attacked with some kind of sharp tool,
such that there was apparent damage to the audio choke. However,
the power transformer and the filter choke continuities tested
OK.
The power supply housing is divided into three compartments.
The power transformer is in the one next to the UX-280, the filter
choke in the middle, and the audio choke, three B+ filter
capacitors, and two other capacitors in the third. I removed
the UX-280 socket from the power supply. Then I tilted the unit
upside-downwards on a pie tin, and heated it in a gas oven to
about 250o to soften the pitch. I extracted the defective audio
choke and the capacitors in two big, gooey globs. Unfortunately,
the power transformer moved in the softened pitch, such that
its four wires to the UX-280 socket would no longer reach the
socket terminals. Then I put this project away for many years,
due to work and family priorities. I resumed the work in late
2007.
Chapter 2 December 2007- Serious Restoration Work Resumes
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007- Thinking that I might be able to repair
the audio choke, I immersed the choke in a Goof-Off solvent
bath to dissolve the pitch glob. After 12 hours in Goof-Off I
transferred the choke to a bath of mineral spirits. I could now
discern a square piece of insulating paper stuck to the bottom
side of the choke.
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007- I separated the insulating paper from
the choke. I unsoldered wiring from the choke and returned the
choke, paper insulator, and wires to the mineral spirits bath.
I ordered a brass fine-tuning vernier and main tuning knob from
an E-Bay vendor. The vendors vernier knob photo matched most
of the model 40 photos that I saw on internet.
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007- I removed the choke from the mineral
spirits bath. The choke and paper insulator were now very clean.
Practically all of the pitch was gone. The sharp-object damage
to the audio choke was very apparent;
Chassis
o RF Grid #1 resistor #8439
380 vs. specified 350
o RF Grid #2 resistor #8439
386 vs. specified 350
o RF Plate resistor, #13369
3100 vs. specified 3000
o Detector grid resistor #8195
specified 2M
OK
OK
OK
MISSING
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007I will need to reheat the unit in the oven, so that I can pull
out the four wires to the UX-280 socket, just enough so that
they can be re-soldered to the socket pins.
More resistance checks;
Power transformer
o primary
8.9
OK
o B+ secondary
480
OK
o 5V filament secondary 0.
OK (The
other secondaries to be tested later, using reduced
voltage on primary, because ohmmeter readings not
reliable in 1 regime)
Filter chokes
700 each
OK
From studying internet photos I learned that the main tuning
knob on my set was actually from a model 42 set.
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007The dial knob and vernier that I ordered came today. The knob
had the right number scale but was not the right color. It was
brown instead of black. I decided to use the model 42 main tuning
knob until I can obtain the proper one. The rubber tire on
the vernier was as hard as a rock. I replaced it with a vinyl
grommet, Waldom part #KG-404, which fit perfectly and works just
fine. The grommet descriptor on the box says 5/16 inch screw
size, and 7/16 inch chassis hole size.
I put the power supply unit in the oven, right side up in a pie
pan, and set temperature to 325o to soften the pitch. I pulled
the wires, to the UX-280 socket, about inch outwards from the
case, to their original positions. Tonight, after all these
years, I re-installed the UX-280 socket. It was too dark for
me to re-solder the wires this night.
Friday, Dec. 14, 2007 I re-soldered the wires to the UX-280 socket.
I re-soldered the power transformer B+ center-tap to its
original ground lug.
I used mineral spirits to clean pitch off of the lip and inner
surface of the power supply housing. This pitch residue was left
over from the first oven treatment that I did years earlier to
remove the audio choke and capacitors.
Measured
12.7 Volts
63.1 Volts
0.613 Volts
0.184 Volts
0.283 Volts
0.532 Volts
Scaled
110V (Specified)
546V
OK
5.3V
OK
1.6V
OK
2.5V
OK
4.6V
OK
RATIO
128.200
85.467
64.100
38.042
18.314
OUTPUT TAP
DESIRED
REQUIRED EQUIVALENT
CALCULATOR
IMPEDENCE
RATIO
TEST VOLTS
SPEC LOAD FOR 171A
5350.000
25.86
0.496
VOICE COIL Z SPEC
8.000
1-6 MINUS 1-4 IS CLOSE
TEST VOLTS ACT. RATIO ACTUAL PRI. Z
CONNECT SPKR TO 4-6
0.500
25.640
5259 OHMS
I placed the #9575 unit (a.k.a. #14902) in a pie pan and heated
it in the oven, set to 300o, for just a few minutes. The pitch
became very liquid and runny, and the old capacitor slipped right
out easily, along with one of two paper insulators. Some of the
liquid pitch pooled under the unit and left some stain on the
case. I should have elevated the unit using small sticks or
something, so that the pitch would not run out onto its case.
Mineral spirits cleaned up the residue, though.
The rebuilt #9575 (#14902) consists of two new 0.15uF 400 volt
polyester capacitors connected in parallel and soldered to the
original wires. I made an assembly as sketched below, for
insertion into the case of the old #9575. I used the wire location
and orientation templates that I made earlier to position the
old wires and tape the cardboard sandwich shut, such that the
old wires were held reasonably secure.
REBUILT #14902 SINGLE BYPASS CONDENSER
0.15 F
BLACK
ELECTRICAL
TAPE
BLACK
ELECTRICAL
TAPE
0.15 F
WRAP SINGLE LAYER OF
ELECTRICAL TAPE AROUND
THE CAPACITORS
CORRUGATED CARDBOARD
SANDWICH (TOP PIECE NOT
SHOWN)
ORIGINAL WIRES
FROM PART #14902
RF / 1st AF
Detector
2nd AF
spec. 1.5V
spec. 2.5V
spec. 5.0V
meas. 1.75V
meas. 2.70V
meas. 5.06V
PASS
PASS
PASS
.5F capacitors
Audio Choke
[Power unit parts not replaced but that I should have replaced,
as I will discuss later;
Part #13538, tapped 625/2200wire-wound resistor on
the terminal board.
January 15, 2008I used the multimeter to perform final wiring continuity checks
of the entire chassis, per the schematic. All OK. Then I
lubricated the tuning capacitor shafts,
installed the chassis into the cabinet,
attached the Antenna/Ground bracket to the cabinet,
installed the harness board to the power supply terminal
board,
installed the power supply cover, and
installed all of the tubes
Line Rheostat Assembly
I stated earlier that this set is designed to operate from 110
Volt AC line, but modern line voltage is typically higher. Here
at our house the line voltage is usually 120 volts. I dont want
to shorten tube filament life by having too high voltage, so
I found (in my junkbox!) a 50 power rheostat, rated at 50 watts,
to place in series with the sets AC line. To pre-set the
rheostat, I needed to estimate the power consumption of the radio
set when its AC line voltage is 110 Volts. I used the Atwater
Kent service manual voltage tables, my data from my power
transformer test (see Chapter 1), measured resistances, and
specified resistances, to make an estimate of 37.2 watts for
a Model 40 set.
AK POWER TRANSFORMER TEST USING THE 12V TRANSFORMER FROM YARD LIGHTS AS STEP DOWN FOR AK PRIMARY
14 DEC. 2007
WALL VOLTAGE
110 VOLTS AC spec
WINDING PRED
TEST VOLTAGE PRIMARY
12.7 VOLTS AC
DC RES LOAD IR
RATIO TEST/WALL
0.115 TEST/WALL
CENTER TAP
OHMS
AMPS DROP
MEASURED SECONDARIES TEST VAC
RATIO
VAC TEST RESULT
RMS
PEAK
MEAS.
SPEC
HV
63.10
4.97 546.54
PASS
273.27 386.46
240 0.044 10.632
RECTIFIER FIL
0.61
0.05
5.31
PASS
0.35
2
0.7
RF/1ST AF FIL
0.18
0.01
1.59
PASS
0.05
4
0.2
DETECTOR FIL
0.28
0.02
2.45
PASS
0.1
1.75
0.175
2ND AF FIL
0.53
0.04
4.61
PASS
0.2
0.25
0.05
FILTER INPUT
1.1
OF XFMR OUTPUT
VOLTS
LOADED SPEC
288.90
4.61
5.0
1.39
1.5
2.28
2.5
4.56
5.0
NOT SURE HOW TO ACCOUNT FOR THE UX280 PLATE RESISTANCE VS. CAPACITOR INPUT FILTER
IR DROP
DC
SPEC
MA
VOLTS
VOLTS
compare
CHOKE 1
675 OHMS
29.90
259.00
CHOKE 2
675 OHMS
29.90
229.09
AUDIO CHOKE/2NDAF
550 OHMS
19
10.45
176.84
180
RF PLATES
3000 OHMS
17.5
52.50
162.53
160
1ST AF
12500 OHMS
5
62.50
152.53
155
DET
65000 OHMS
2.8
182.00
47.09
44
44.3
2ND AF BIAS RESISTOR
2200 OHMS
-41.80 GRID 2AF
RF 1ST AF BIAS
625 OHMS
-14.06 GRID RF
load powers
POWER TRANSFORMER
B+
0.47
1.40
0.80
0.31
0.01
2.99 WATTS
8
0.34
2.70
0.91
FILAMENTS
TOTAL FILAMENTS
GRAND NI TRAN PRI
DISS
TUBES
POWER B+POWER
1.32
1.32
0.20
3.36
0.92
2.84
0.31
0.76
0.51
0.13
4.59
4.59
-45
0.79
WATTS
-13
0.07
WATTS
12.55
10.0
6.0
4.4
1.3
21.6 WATTS
37.2 WATTS
OHMS
AMPS
VOLTS
WATTS
29.60 OHMS
3.38 WATTS
control. It is a 50kW station less than two miles away. Hum level
was higher than I expected [solved later].
Sunday, January 20, 2008, 8:00 pm
Over several hours I observed erratic performance and also the
set was not picking up other stations besides KNX.
I cleaned the pins of the UY-227 detector and the 1st AF UX-226,
using finest grit Testors modeler sandpaper, followed by paper
towel wipes with contact cleaner. This made a BIG difference.
Now I could tune in all local stations as well as KFMB in San
Diego, 110 miles away (50kW at night).
Next Several Days, to January 25, 2008
I observed occasional hum, or motorboating, that would
sometimes stop by tapping UX-226 1st AF or the UY-227 detector.
I installed a Curtis Industries model F2700CA03 RFI filter on
the input side of my AC line rheostat.
Chapter 4, 2008-2011, Re-Work to Fix the Remaining Issues
March 30, 2008- According to my original notes, I finally began
to suspect that the intermittent hums, pops, and motorboating
might be due to one or both of the two original capacitors that
I did not replace; the .002F phone condenser and the 250F
detector grid condenser. I also noted that the volume control
was very noisy and erratic.
March 31, 2008- I noted that the set is much less sensitive than
it was when I first got it working.
April 6, 2008- I decided to replace the 2200/625 tapped
wire-wound resistor that is on the power supply terminal board,
because it now tests as intermittantly open on the 625side.
April 19, 2008- I ordered metal oxide 2200 2-watt and 680 1-watt
resistors, and formed their leads as shown below, so that the
original wires on the terminal board remained undisturbed;
was
is
680
2200
ATWATER KENT
MODEL 40
DIAL
KHZ
STATION
87
570
KLAC
78
600
KOGO
67
640
KFI
63
660
KTNN
61
670
KIRN
58
690
XETRA
53
710
KSPN
52
720
KDWN
48
740
KBRT
48
740
KCBS
46
760
KFMB
44
770
KKOB
42
790
KABC
40
810
KGO
37
830
KLAA
36
840
KXNT
35
850
KOA
34
870
KRLA
28
930
KHJ
25
980
KFWB
22
1020
KTNQ
20
1070
KNX
17
1150
KTLK
14
1260
KGIL
13
1280
KFRN
9
1390
KLTX
5
1650
KFOX
XMTR LOCATION
LOS ANGELES
SAN DIEGO
LA MIRADA
WINDOW ROCK
SIMI VALLEY
TIJUANA, MEXICO
LOS ANGELES
LAS VEGAS
AVALON
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN DIEGO
ALBUQUERQUE
LOS ANGELES
SAN FRANCISCO
NORCO/CORONA
LAS VEGAS
DENVER
GLENDALE
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
TORRANCE
LA PUENTE
PANORAMA CITY
WILMINGTON
PARAMOUNT
EAST OF CULVER CITY
STATE
CA
CA
CA
AZ
CA
MEX
CA
NV
CA
CA
CA
NM
CA
CA
CA
NV
CO
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
FORMAT
SPORTS
TALK
TALK
NAVAHO
PERSIAN
MEXICAN
SPORTS
TALK
CHRISTIAN
NEWS
TALK
TALK
TALK
TALK
TALK
TALK
TALK
TALK
MEXICAN
NEWS
MEXICAN
NEWS
TALK
TALK
CHRISTIAN
MEXICAN
KOREAN
DAY
5KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
5KW
77KW
50KW
50KW
10KW
50KW
5KW
50KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
50KW
50KW
50KW
5KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
50KW
20KW
1KW
5KW
10KW
NIGHT
5KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
3KW
50KW
10KW
50KW
113W
50KW
50KW
50KW
5KW
50KW
20KW
25KW
50KW
3KW
5KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
44KW
7.5KW
1KW
3.6KW
490W
NETWORK/SHOWS
ROGER HEDGECOCK
TIM CONWAY, JR
CNN
LAKERS
CBS
ABC/mark levin/o'reilly
bill cunningham
ABC
bill cunningham
bill cunningham
WSJ THIS MORNING
NEWS/CBS
PHIL HENDRIE
OLDIES (WEEKENDS)
Used paint thinner and paper towel (should have used T-shirt
cloth, perhaps) to clean the housing and the resistance
unit.
Used Revere Ware Copper Cleaner to restore the wiper
assembly and the control shaft surfaces.
Used lots of warm water rinse to make sure all of the copper
cleaner residue was removed.
Used a jewelers loupe to inspect the resistance unit and
the wiper. Some paper towel fibers were lodged in the
winding. I used T-shirt cloth to brush them away.
Made a knob pointer alignment template to aid re-assembly.
Reassembled the unit and tested it with my Fluke multimeter
as I slowly rotated the control. The resistance changed
smoothly over the entire range, with no obvious skips.
---------------------------------------------------------Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Yesterday I removed the bad volume control unit and replaced
it with the one I restored in November, 2011 (see previous note
above).
I also removed the defective 2nd interstage audio transformer
from its case, by heating it to 300 deg. to liquefy the pitch.
I unsoldered the blue wire temporarily so that I could maneuver
the AES unit into the old transformer case. The AES interstage
transformer just fit inside the case. I took a picture of the
transformer before removing the old core;
The restored volume control works great. There are no more loud
pops or scratches when changing volume.
Today I logged the Mexican station XESURF at 540 kHz. This
verifies the tuning range of the set as 540 kHz to above 1650
kHz. I also heard at least two stations at high end of the band
that I had not logged before, but there is significant
adjacent-channel-interference at high end of the band. As
expected, TRF sets do not have very good selectivity above about
1000 kHz. I updated the radio log table.
ATWATER KENT
MODEL 40
DIAL
KHZ
STATION
100
540
XESURF
87
570
KLAC
78
600
KOGO
67
640
KFI
63
660
KTNN
61
670
KIRN
58
690
XETRA
53
710
KSPN
52
720
KDWN
48
740
KBRT
48
740
KCBS
46
760
KFMB
44
770
KKOB
42
790
KABC
40
810
KGO
37
830
KLAA
36
840
KXNT
35
850
KOA
34
870
KRLA
28
930
KHJ
25
980
KFWB
22
1020
KTNQ
20
1070
KNX
17
1150
KEIB*
14
1260
KMZT*
13
1280
KFRN
9
1390
KLTX
7
1580?
KBLA
6
1620?
tbs
5
1650
KFOX
UPDATE 1/27/2015
XMTR LOCATION
MEXICO
LOS ANGELES
SAN DIEGO
LA MIRADA
WINDOW ROCK
SIMI VALLEY
TIJUANA, MEXICO
LOS ANGELES
LAS VEGAS
AVALON
SAN FRANCISCO
SAN DIEGO
ALBUQUERQUE
LOS ANGELES
SAN FRANCISCO
NORCO/CORONA
LAS VEGAS
DENVER
GLENDALE
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES
TORRANCE
LA PUENTE
PANORAMA CITY
WILMINGTON
PARAMOUNT
LOS ANGELES
REDONDO BEACH
EAST OF CULVER CITY
STATE
MEX
CA
CA
CA
AZ
CA
MEX
CA
NV
CA
CA
CA
NM
CA
CA
CA
NV
CO
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
CA
FORMAT
MEXICAN
SPORTS
TALK
TALK
NAVAHO
PERSIAN
MEXICAN
SPORTS
TALK
CHRISTIAN
NEWS
TALK
TALK
TALK
TALK
SPORTS*
TALK
TALK
TALK
CATHOLIC*
SPORTS*
MEXICAN
NEWS
TALK
MUSIC
CHRISTIAN
MEXICAN
MEXICAN
HIGHWAY
KOREAN
DAY
25KW
5KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
5KW
77KW
50KW
50KW
10KW
50KW
5KW
50KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
50KW
50KW
50KW
5KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
50KW
20KW
1KW
5KW
50KW
10W
10KW
NIGHT
100W
5KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
3KW
50KW
10KW
50KW
113W
50KW
50KW
50KW
5KW
50KW
20KW
25KW
50KW
3KW
5KW
5KW
50KW
50KW
44KW
7.5KW
1KW
3.6KW
10W
490W
NOTES
DODGERS GAMES
bill cunningham*
TIM CONWAY, JR
CNN
LAKERS GAMES
CBS
ROGER HEDGECOCK*
bill cunningham
DOUG MCINTYRE
bill cunningham
bill cunningham
WSJ THIS MORNING
IMMACULATEHEART*
CLIPPERS GAMES*
NEWS/CBS
RUSH, HANNITY
CLASSICAL
APPENDIX A
- DISASSEMBLY PROCEDURE