[ARC5] Bare Aluminum USN sets.

Mike Morrow kk5f at earthlink.net
Sat Oct 20 01:38:48 EDT 2012


> If the corrosion gets between the potted capacitors and the chassis, 
> the designed RF bypassing is gone and instead you have interstage coupling.

A "problem" that, one suspects, would likely **not** have been ameliorated
by paint on the externals of the equipment.  And one that the VHF AN/ARC-5
units, lacking such paint, seem to have avoided.

73,
Mike / KK5F




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