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Mint To Be? APPENDIX
Repair of an RCA Radiola 26
© 2009, Richard Fairbanks

Selector Dial settings, Radiola 26. Tracking between them is not perfect, but pretty darned close!
kHz
Selector1/Selector2
560  82/84
710
 49/49
820
 35/35
970
 22/24
1010
 19/19
1120
 14/14



Battery compartment before repairs
Battery compartment before repairs
Measured current draw:
+A-4.5V   approx 330ma, depending on battery and volume
+B-45V    2ma
+B-90V    10ma
-C-4.5V    <1ma




Click on the image at left to download my pencil notes about internal wiring. While not a complete pictograph by any means, they provide an accurate guide to connect catacomb whiskers to a Model 26's terminal block and other parts.



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