[ARC5] Bare Aluminum USN sets.

J. Forster jfor at quikus.com
Sat Oct 20 09:55:49 EDT 2012


The capacitors are on the inside of the chassis. That's a lot more than
salt spray. It's a brine soak.

-John

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> Not so. If the corrosion gets between the potted capacitors and the
> chassis,
> the designed RF bypassing is gone and instead you have interstage
> coupling.
> 73 de Brian, VK2GCE.
>
> John Forster on Saturday, October 20, 2012 1:58 AM, expressed HIS opinion:
>
>
>> It was flagged as a joke, but, in fact, it is pretty hard to imagine a
>> little surface corrosion would significantly alter a radio's
>> performance.
>>
>> -John
>
>




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