[ARC5] BC-946 capacitor plates shorting?

[Tom Lee]

Well, not to be too obvious, but if you suspect shorting, it’s best to test that hypothesis, say, with an ohmmeter. Then proceed from there.

Tom

Sent from my iThing, so please forgive typos and brevity.

> On Nov 9, 2021, at 2:18 PM, Waldo Magnuson via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
>   I trying to get my BC-946 operational, capacitors replaced, etc.  I suspect the tuning capacitor plates are shorting because at the top end of the band I receive a station (Sacramento, CA from Spokane, WA) and at the bottom of the band a local station.  When I tune up, or down, it mostly goes quiet except for scratchies (is that a technical term?) noise.  On close inspection one of the rotor plates may be touching a stator plate, hard to see and tell.
>   Any fix suggestions would be appreciated.  Removing the gang capacitor looks messy.
> Skip Magnuson W7WGM 
> Spokane, WA
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