atwater: Atwater Kent late model 30 restoration and test

Receiver sensitivity is around -50 dBm over the broadcasting AM band (525 – 1500 kHz) with more than 10 dB (S+N)/N ratio. Noise level is around -65 dBm.

Compared to the Atwater Kent models 20 and 20C, with similar components, the receiver sensitivity is reduced with at least 10 dB, even if 6 tubes are used instead of 5. The problem is the alignment of the tuning circuits with a single mechanical control. In practice, for a perfect tuning, there are few % variation from a tuning circuit to another, in special in the first stage where a certain antenna tuning is preferable. However, an easier tuning is done with the model 30 than with previous tree dial models.

More details and measurements are presented in the attached pdf file.

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