[NJARC] IRE Alignment

[Scott Roberts]

Sounds like it very well may have been.

Scott


--- NICHOLAS SENKER <ns539 at embarqmail.com> wrote:

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> I have just finished recapping a GE J-71 table radio  and am
> touching up the alignment.  The procedure (Riders 12-29) calls
> for a IRE dummy antenna for the RF alignment.  What does this
> mean?  I just used a loop on my RF generator and this seems to
> work fine.
> Another interesting thing about this receiver (1940-41 vintage)
> is that the shortwave bands are dead while the broadcast band
> works fine.  While recapping I noticed a disconnected wire that
> was neatly clipped and tucked out of the way.  Reconnecting it
> to the band switch, I now get SW reception.  I recall a
> discussion on the Broadcaster about wartime radios having the
> SW bands  disabled, presumably to limit propaganda?  I think
> this was one of them?
> Nick Senker
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