[Boatanchors] Valiant a OK now!

[rbethman]

Joe, Congratulations!

Glad you didn't do any damage!!

Have a Happy New Year and get her on the air!

Bob N0DGN

Joe Roth wrote:
>    Thanks all for the pointers. A couple of you hit the problem dead on.
>                            Ok, I have a red face!
>    I went by the color of the leads of the old caps, C93, but as I looked
>     over my work and was getting set up to check the socket voltages, I
>                      decided to review the schematics.
>    I did a few double takes and couldn't believe what I was reading. Are
>     these schematics right I wondered? Study a bit more, considered the
>    circuit, and the light bulb went off... C93 WAS backwards. Dang I was
>                       lucky those didn't make a bang!
>     Lesson: don't trust old wire color.Verify by the schematics! I feel
>          sorry for the many new hams that can not read schematics.
>              On the air I go with a good start to the new year.
>                                    73 all
>                                     Joe
>
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