[Boatanchors] Globe Scout 40A

[Steve]

Lee, Richard, Roger, Garey, Curt and Mac....thank you all for your 
suggestions and encouraging news. I never fail to be amazed at the 
collective wisdom to be found within this group.

I had always believed that Hallicrafters were the masters of the 
bare-minumum when it came to component selection but this one is right up 
there with the best of them as it simply could not be any smaller and still 
work! The capacitor is not shorted but as several have suggested, probably 
slightly out of alignment / tolerance. I think the best course of action at 
the moment is to remove both caps from the rig, give them a thorough 
cleaning and check the alignment of the rotor section on the plate 
capacitor. Once the thing has arced-over, it certainly makes it easier to 
continue to arc in the same place since the carbon track has been 
established. I will also do as Lee suggested and swap positions with the 
'unstressed' cap taking over the plate tuning duties.

Thanks again for all of your suggestions.

Steve / 73



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