[Hallicrafters] I bet you knew this already.

[jeff]

Jack Dunigan wrote:
> My radio bench has one of those magnifying lights in which I put one
> of those curly, energy saver bulbs. It is bright, runs cool, and
> supposedly saves money. When I fire up my Hallicrafters S38-C and
> turn on the light, a terrible buzz obliterates all signals on the
> lower half of the broadcast band.

I had a similar problem with a cheapo computer power supply.  In my 
case, replacing the supply fixed the problem.

Not sure what to suggest about the bulbs, short of going back to the 
`regular' bulbs.  I hear they're pretty noisy, although I'm doing ok 
with them so far.


Good luck.


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