[Boatanchors] BBODs and others

[Alex Whitaker]

I would echo Ron's comments below.

73,

Alex
AA9XY


On Sun, 2009-08-23 at 21:22 -0700, The Pollacks wrote:
> I think the reference is "Black Beauty of Death."  Not sure, tho.
> 
> I just recapped a NC183D that used a lot of tubular caps that may have been
> ceramic, but I replaced them anyway.  They're cheap enough, and in this case
> had easy access.  
> 
> I have a few dozen Boatanchors that I use fairly regularly, and have never
> had a cap short and destroy anything. Maybe just lucky, but I do replace the
> ones that look fishy.  The only one of mine that I recapped totally is a
> HQ129X that had sticky wax caps.  (The 183D project is for someone else)
> 
> It pains me to see the personal attacks on this (and other lists).  I've
> been a ham for 50 years now, and have received and given much help and
> derived countless hours of pleasure from this hobby.  Can we all vow to wait
> a couple of hours before hitting the "send" button when commenting on
> controversial issues?  Reconsidering an email or two may save some
> embarrassment on behalf of the senders, and sadness among the rest of us!
> 
> Remember, we're all doing this for fun!
> 
> Ron K2RP
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Alex Whitaker
> Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 8:38 PM
> To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] BBODs and others
> 
> I've gathered that a "BBOD" is one of the old plastic cased paper caps.
> Does "BBOD" stand for "Bumble Bee of Death?"....referring to the Sprague
> Bumble Bee trade name?  That would be an appropriate name for
> those......they suck, like all old paper caps that I've ever ran across.
> I even had some paper caps that were sealed in ceramic tubes with some
> sort of epoxy looking stuff...they were from the 1960s...and they were
> bad too.  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Alex
> AA9XY
> 
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