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Default Tread types and routing in Philips B5X14A vintage planar radio

Many Philips radio's are using two different segments of wire on the drum of the variable capacitor to tune to the various stations.
The steel wire type forms one half and the "cotton" tread closes the loop, AM and FM circuit are using the same type of different wires.
The steel part is on vintage radio's subject to corrosion and breaks easily, I found it no problem to replace the steel by a "cotton" type.
Question: what is the reason Philips engineers have chosen for this two type of wire concept?
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On 09/05/2016 12:52 AM, Brasto wrote:
Many Philips radio's are using two different segments of wire on the drum of the variable capacitor to tune to the various stations.
The steel wire type forms one half and the "cotton" tread closes the loop, AM and FM circuit are using the same type of different wires.
The steel part is on vintage radio's subject to corrosion and breaks easily, I found it no problem to replace the steel by a "cotton" type.
Question: what is the reason Philips engineers have chosen for this two type of wire concept?


Most likely to avoid stretch - so the frequency indicator stays true.

There was (is?) a fine braided highly flexible and strong wire that was
used in those days for the same reason. I have an old roll of it in my
shop that is used on jukeboxes for moving various things in the mechanism...

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On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 3:52:08 AM UTC-4, Brasto wrote:
Many Philips radio's are using two different segments of wire on the drum of the variable capacitor to tune to the various stations.
The steel wire type forms one half and the "cotton" tread closes the loop, AM and FM circuit are using the same type of different wires.
The steel part is on vintage radio's subject to corrosion and breaks easily, I found it no problem to replace the steel by a "cotton" type.
Question: what is the reason Philips engineers have chosen for this two type of wire concept?


There is a lot of history for tuner-cords, AKA Dial Cord, and as many types as there were radios. The wire-based dial cord - as already noted - was used to prevent stretching, until (at least in the US) spring-loaded systems were developed to absorb the stretch equally. For the most part, modern replacement materials are corrosion resistant and will easily outlast the radio.

Other options include wire-core "Rigging Twine" used by scale modelers: This is a cloth-over-wire material that is useful for low-use systems as it looks "original" and takes knots very well. There is also a braided material used by scale-sailboat racers that is extremely strong, flexible, corrosion-resistant and able to take repeated stress. Probably your best bet if you intend to use this radio a good deal. Not cheap, but you don't need much either.

Plain ordinary braided Dacron fishing line is also useful as it gets over its 'stretch' in the first use, and will remain stable after that. It is very strong and comes in many weights and colors. And is very cheap. I would use this in lieu of the wire after pre-stretching it first.

Good luck with it.

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