[Boatanchors] Lettine 240 Transmitter Plug In Coils

[LEE BAHR]

Well I studied ways to restore the Lettine 240 today.  I've come to the 
conclusion it needs to be rewired and rebuilt with all new caps and 
resistors.  It's a rats nest under the chassis with beeswax caps, out of 
tolerence IRC resistors, wrong parts, and no  solder posts.  The chassis is 
gavenized steel and grounds are soldered directly to the chassis.  Wires and 
parts are connected hanging in mid air with no solder lugs.  It looks like 
this is the way the thing was manufactured.  The parasitic supressor for the 
807 plate is nothing but solid insulated hookup wire wound in a 12 turn coil 
near the tube's plate cap.  Not at all like a few turn coil wound around a 2 
watt resistor as found elsewhere.  I don't trust the bleeder resistors 
either!  Not when you have to stick your hand in there changing out band 
coils!  (I know about chicken sticks and have a couple here).

I sure wish I had a bottom photo of an original transmitter to use as a 
giude.  This reminds me of restoring a Hallicrafters SX-28A.  One thing is 
certain, they were not worried about lead length when they designed this 
puppy!  Layers of parts everywhere!
It's a great looking transmitter, but a WRL 40A makes this thing look poorly 
constructed inside.

Lee, w0vt