1926 - The Radio Trouble Finder 1926 - NEW reprint for Sale

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1926 - The Radio Trouble Finder 1926 - NEW reprint:
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The Radio Trouble Finder, compiled by the staff of Radio News, originally published by the E.I. Co., New York, NY, 1926. Reproduced by Nation Builder Books, Mebane, NC, 2013. 6 x 9 paperback booklet, 48 pages.

Please note this is a photocopied reproduction, not an original. The accompanying pictures have been scanned from a reproduction, not the original.

With Lindsay retired (and finally able to indulge his inner juvenile delinquent), there are not many sources to get good, old vacuum radio books from. So, welcome to my bizarre little corner of the galaxy! Where what’s old is cool, and what’s new is a dastardly commie infernal device made in China. Up with good old American-made RCA Radiolas, Kent Atwaters, Crosley Cathedral Tubes, and Zenith Transoceanics, and down with Chairman Mao’s iPhone!

If you’re into old-fashioned ham radio or an antique radio collector and restorer, and you’re just itching to do some trouble-shooting, then this is the book for you!

Contents:

General Faults
Aerial Faults
Tuner Faults
Detector Faults
Audio Amplifier Faults
Radio Frequency Amplifier Faults
Reproducer Faults
Chart for locating cause of trouble in a radio receiver, classified according to General Symptoms (pages 14 to 20)
Tests to be applied to various parts or pieces of apparatus to locate defects, etc.
- Phone Test
- ”A” Storage Battery Run Down
- ”A” Battery Polarity Reversed
- ”B” Battery Run Down
- Aerial or Ground Poor
- Open Circuit in Antenna Inductance
- Open Circuit in Secondary Inductance
- Grid Variometer Defective
- Aerial Variometer Connections Poor
- Short Circuit in Coils
- Condensers Defective or Shorted
- Condensers - Variable
- Plug Shorted or Not Making Contact
- Jack Sockets
- Grid Leak Defective
- Resistance of Grid Leak of Improper Value
- Resistance Used for Coupling Defective
- Interstage Coupling
- Damp Coils
- Poor Contact or Condensor Leads Reversed
- Plate and Grid Leads Too Close Together
- Grid Condenser Capacity Too High
- ”B” Battery Voltage Too Great
- Defective Headphones
- Defective Tubes
- Tubes Not Neutralized
- Phone Condenser Too High Capacity
- Catwhisker Not Making Contact with Crytal
- Corroded Catwhisker
- Crystal Poor or Burned Out
- Defective Radio Frequency Transformers
- Wrong Connection to Oscillator
Resistance Coupled Radio Frequency Receiver
Tuned Radio Frequency
Regenerative Receivers
Neutrodyne Receiver
Reflex Circuits
Super-Heterodyne Receivers
Storage Cell vs. Dry Cell
- Current for Vacuum Tubes
- Table of Characteristics of Receiving Vacuum Tubes
- How Long the Battery Lasts
- Why Dry Cells are Used
- The Kind of Tubes Which Operate on dry Cells