[Boatanchors] BC-1004 Unknown wire was a "refugee"

[Philip Atchley]

Hi,

In the post about the BC-1004 that I made yesterday, I mentioned an 
"unknown" and unconnected wire coming from the underside of coil L6.

Well, upon removing the entire RF deck and it's covers I found that wire 
was a "refugee" from what is apparently a Faraday shield between the two 
coil windings comprising L6.  This Faraday shield is a fine, "grounded 
grid" of wires sandwiched between stiff "fishpaper" or similar material 
and located between the two coils. I presume this Faraday shield is to 
prevent capacitive coupling between them.

Anyway, a quick "yank" removed the offending wire so that it won't short 
something out or cause confusion in the future. I don't think that one 
missing wire among many will be missed <grin>.

73 de Phil,  KO6BB
982 Different NDB's heard to date.

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