Mystery ltem Found Behind Stereo. See Photo

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Mystery ltem Found Behind Stereo. See Photo

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What is it and what's it do please? Looks like another wire came out the side.
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looks like a choke
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A suppressor for an old radio?
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Yes it's a frequency choke common on older AM radios.
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Add a heap of scene tax, put it on ebay and you'll have beer tokens for the weekend!
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Doesn't that look a bit new tech for an old school radio ?
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Okay and thanks to all for enlightenment.
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