[Boatanchors] Halli SX-111

[rbethman]

Dick,

I agree!  No shotgun or Easter Egg methodology!

I've seen the BBODs with the narrow and wide stripes, those with very 
clean edges to the stripes, and those with ragged edge stripes.

I begin my hunt by looking at seams and cracks in the body.  Those MUST go!

Then the criteria becomes a little different.  Hence my lifting an end, 
and use the tester.  Also looking where it sits in the circuit.

Anyway, FB with the gifting!  I've pretty well hit the point where no 
more comes in.  I've got enough.

Bob - N0DGN

Richard W. Solomon wrote:
> I do not subscribe to the "shotgun" approach when it comes to
> replacing old caps. But, if there obvious flaws, then they need correcting.
>
> I had a circa 1943 SX-28 that worked fairly well (all functions did what they
> are supposed to do), it was a tad deaf on the higher freq's. All I did was to
> re-form the filter caps (may not have even needed that).
>
> I passed it on for what it cost me (zero, it was a gift). The SX-111 is another gift
> that will find a new home shortly. I cleaned it up, gave the switches and pots
> a shot of De-Oxit and it seems to work fine. I'll check the sensitivity later.
>
> My comment on the "next generation" BBOD's came from the looks of them.
> They are bigger in size and the color stripes are different than the "old" ones.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>