Philco 49-960 Antenna

4/13/2008 9:00:00 PMBrian

What can I do for the FM antenna other than an external antenna from the rear panel jack? The schematic shows a wire(or shield) as part of the power cord. The cord has since been replaced and am unsure how this originally worked. Replaced caps/rotten speaker and 1 bad tube and it now plays both bands great just have to use an external rod antenna I stole from an old transister radio.

4/14/2008 7:47:38 PMEdd

Not exactly sure of the pree-cise procedure that Peel-co used on that model , some manufacturers had a small metal bracket thet had a slot that connected to the terminal lug and then there was a half wrap of the metal such that ~ 1-1/2 of the AC line
cord was clamped within that cavity, thus receiving FM from the AC line cord.

My alternate procedure was to use approx 2 feet of insulated hook up wire and then connect one end t the FM terminal and then spiral coil the surplus wire around the AC cord to get capacitive coupling.

73's de Edd

4/14/2008 9:40:27 PMRobert H.(61448:61426)

:What can I do for the FM antenna other than an external antenna from the rear panel jack? The schematic shows a wire(or shield) as part of the power cord. The cord has since been replaced and am unsure how this originally worked. Replaced caps/rotten speaker and 1 bad tube and it now plays both bands great just have to use an external rod antenna I stole from an old transister radio.

The original antenna on my DeWald C-800 (also a 1949 model) meets the description you have given. The power cord was flat, with three conductors, two for power and the third was connected to one of the antenna terminals on the back of the radio. At the plug, this antenna wire just ended, it was not connected to anything. The wire was in terrible shape; I replaced it with a modern 2-conductor power cord and use a traditional external FM dipole antenna.
Robert H.