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Servicing Vintage Radios by Signal Tracing
Instructions - Lessons - Illustrations
with
additional 33 Bonus Books on CD-ROM
Covering:
Diagnosing
troubled old radios
Using a
signal tracer properly and safely
All printable in ADOBE PDF Format
This is the best guide out there,
and THAT'S the bottom line people!
Check out all these topics that are covered in detail:
CHAPTER 1 - WHAT IS MEANT
BY SIGNAL TRACING
The Signal Is the Common Denominator
Operating Voltages and Resistances Are Not
Fundamental
The Advantages of Signal Tracing
Functional or Dynamic Test During Operation
Independent of Tube Types
Independent of Circuit Design
Control Voltage Testing
Audio Circuits
CHAPTER 2 - SIGNAL
AMPLIFICATION
Types of Amplifiers
Amplifying Property of the Vacuum Tube
Plate Current Plate Resistance
Mutual Conductance
Process of Amplification
Plate- Current Variation and Signal Voltage
Phase Relations
Tetrode and Pentode Amplifiers
Factors Controlling Amplification
Transfer of Signal Voltage from Triode Tube to
Load
Amplification in Tetrodes and Pentodes
Series and Parallel Connection of Load
Impedances
Signal Distribution In Voltage Amplifiers
Amplification in Tube and Transformer
Audio-Frequency Amplifiers
Defective Amplifier Operation
Distortion
Multi Stage Voltage Amplifiers
Signal Tracing in Power Amplifiers
Coupling to Speaker
Signal Levels
Push-Pull Operation
Classes of Amplifiers
Class B Amplifier
CHAPTER 3 -
DETECTION CIRCUITS
The Diode Detector
Typical Diode Detector
Contact Potential
Full-Wave Detector Circuit
Capacity-Coupled Diode
Triode and Multi-Element Detectors
The Linear or Plate Detector
Tetrode and Pentode Detectors
The Grid-Leak Detector
Infinite Impedance Detector
Diode and Multi-Element Detectors
CHAPTER 4 -
COUPLING DEVICES
Series Resonant Circuits
The Parallel-Resonant Circuit
The Simple Tuned Transformer
The Double-Tuned Transformer
Selectivity Requirements
Variable Selectivity Circuits
Antenna Coupling Circuits
Image Suppression Circuits
Radio-Frequency Coupling Devices
I-F Systems
Audio-Frequency Coupling Circuits
Choke Coupling
Interstate Transformer Coupling
Direct Coupling
Voltage Measurements
CHAPTER 5 - SIGNAL TRACING
IN OSCILLATOR CIRCUITS
Fundamental Oscillator Circuits
A Typical Oscillator Test
CHAPTER 6 -
SIGNAL TRACING IN MIXER CIRCUITS
Mixer Action
Gain in the Mixer
The Triode Mixer
Tetrode Mixer
Modern Mixer Circuits
Mixer
Circuit Troubles
Signal Tracing in Converter Circuits A Tetrode
Autodyne Converter
Pentagrid Converters
CHAPTER 7 -
SIGNAL TRACING IN CONTROL CIRCUITS
Delayed AVC
Quiet AVC
Controlling Gain
Basic Control Circuit
Delayed AVC Systems
Quiet AVC Systems
Signal Tracing in Automatic Frequency Control
Circuits
Automatic Volume Expansion
Automatic Bass Amplifier
Signal Tracing In Inverse Feedback Circuits
Effect of Inverse Feedback on Amplifier Gain
CHAPTER 8 -
PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 9 -
LOCALIZING DEFECTS BY SIGNAL TRACING
Preliminary Tests
The Signal Source
Signal Tracing in Inoperative Receivers
Sectional Trouble Localization
Tracing the A-F Signal in Inoperative Receivers
Signal Tracing in Weak Receivers
Tracing the A-F Signal in Weak Receivers
Tracing Noise
Tracing Hum
Tracing Distortion
Distortion Tracing (A- F Circuits)
Tracing Oscillation
Tracing Audio Oscillation
Signal Tracing in Phase Inverter Circuits
Signal Tracing With a Signal Generator
Gain Measurements in Short-Wave Receivers
Signal Tracing in Tuned R-F Receivers
Receiver Alignment With Signal-Tracing
Instruments
Checking Tracking On Short-Wave Bands
Aligning Tuned R-F Receivers
Localizing Defects in Intermittent Receivers
Average Gain-Per-Stage Values
Average D-C Voltage Across Oscillator Grid Leak
CHAPTER 10
- SIGNAL TRACING IN TELEVISION RECEIVERS
The
Complete Receiver
R-F Circuits
Oscillator Circuits
Mixer
Typical H-F, Oscillator, and Mixer Circuits
I-F Circuits
Video I-F Circuits
Video Second Detector Circuits
Video AVC Circuits
Video Amplifiers
Average Brightness and D-C Restorer Circuits
D-C Restorer Circuits
Basic D-C Restorer Circuit
Brightness Control
Grid Leak- Condenser Restorer
The Contrast Control
Synchronizing Circuits
Sync Separator Circuit
Horizontal Sync Selector
Vertical Sync Selector
Deflection Circuits
Circuits for Electromagnetic Deflection
Electrostatic Deflection
Power Supplies
High Voltage Power Supply in RCA TRK5,
Westinghouse WRT-701
Signal Tracing in Facsimile Receivers
Finch Facsimile Receiver
Circuit Analysis
Servicing the Receiver
Frequency Modulation
Advantages of Frequency Modulation
How Noise is Reduced
Special Receivers Necessary
What the Limiter Does
Special Detector Used
How the Discriminator Detects
The G-E Model GM125 Receiver
Alignment Procedure
CHAPTER 11 - SIGNAL TRACING IN RECEIVER DESIGN
CHAPTER 12 - SIGNAL-TRACING INSTRUMENTS
Checking RF-IF
Signals
A-F Signal Tracing
Checking the Oscillator
Dynamic Voltage Measurements
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No gimmicks, no tricks, just
hard core education, people.
Originally published by the legendary John Rider, in 382 pages.
With 33 MORE
FREE BONUS BOOKS
ALSO INCLUDED:
Aligning Philco Receivers,
by John F. Rider, 1937, 168 pages |
Automatic Frequency Control Systems,
by John
F. Rider, 1937, 153 pages |
Basic Audio Volume 1,
by Norman Crowhurst, 1959, 121 pages |
Basic Audio Volume 2,
by Norman Crowhurst, 1959, 129 pages |
Basic Audio Volume 3,
by Norman
Crowhurst, 1959, 121 pages |
Basic Electricity, Volumes 1 to 5,
by Van
Valkenburg, 1954, 618 pages |
Basic Electronics, Volumes 1 to 5,
by Van
Valkenburg, 1955, 570 pages |
Federal Selenium Rectifier Replacement
Guide
(Excerpts), 1955, 29 pages |
FM Transmission and Reception,
by Rider &
Uslan, 1954, 460 pages |
How to Service Tape Recorders,
by C.A.
Tuthill, 153 pages |
How to Use Meters,
by J.F Rider,
1960, 109 pages |
Inside The Vacuum Tube,
by J.F. Rider, 1945, 424 pages |
Metallic Rectifiers & Crystal Diodes,
by Theodore Conti, 1958, 157 pages |
Receiving Tube Substitution Guidebook,
First Edition,
219 pages |
Receiving Tube Substitution Guidebook -
First Supplement,
1951, 47 pages |
Receiving Tube Substitution Guidebook -
Second Supplement,
1954, 45 pages |
Receiving Tube Substitution Guidebook -
Third Supplement,
1957, 72 pages |
Selenium Rectifier Catalog Excerpts,
5 pages |
Servicing Superheterodynes,
(Revised edition),
by J.F. Rider, 332 pages |
Sylvania Tube Substitution Manual,
1953,
40 pages |
The Cathode Ray Tube at Work,
by J.F. Rider,
1942, 346 pages |
Tube Caddy, Tube Substitution
Guidebook,
by HA Middleton, 1960, 58 pages |
TV Manufacturers' Receivers Trouble
Cure Vol. 1,
J.F Rider, 124 pages |
TV Manufacturers' Receivers Trouble
Cure Vol. 2,
J.F Rider, 127 pages |
TV Manufacturers' Receivers Trouble
Cure Vol. 3,
J.F Rider, 127 pages |
TV Manufacturers' Receivers Trouble
Cure Vol. 4,
J.F Rider, 127 pages |
TV Manufacturers' Receivers Trouble
Cure Vol. 5,
J.F Rider, 128 pages |
TV Manufacturers' Receivers Trouble
Cure Vol. 6,
J.F Rider, 127 pages |
TV Manufacturers' Receivers Trouble
Cure Vol. 7,
J.F Rider, 123 pages |
Vacuum Tube Rectifiers,
by Alexander
Schure, 1958, 77 pages |
Vacuum Tube Voltmeters,
by J.F Rider, 1941, 190 pages |
Vacuum Tube Voltmeters,
by J.F Rider,
1951, 430 pages |
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