[Boatanchors] Globe Scout 40A

[Bob Macklin]

How often does a plate capacitor dip at or near full mesh?

You could just remove the bad plate from the rotor.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Knoppow" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>; "Ian Wilson" 
<ianmwilson73 at gmail.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Globe Scout 40A


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "D C _Mac_ Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
> To: "WB6KBL Knoppow, Richard" <1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com>; "Ian Wilson" 
> <ianmwilson73 at gmail.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 4:59 PM
> Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] Globe Scout 40A
>
>
> To get rid of any protusions or deposits on the plates, I recommend
> using one of those new nail files the ladies use that are made of glass!
> They are stiff and flat and will probably fit down into the plates and
> get adjacent rotor and stator plates!
>
>    I haven't seen one of those. I have a Revlon file which is metal and 
> appears to have diamond dust or something similar on it. Not the usual 
> metal nail file that looks like a small regular file. This one does very 
> smooth work and doesn't seem to wear out.  I think this capacitor can be 
> saved and used.
>    BTW, I'm interested in the discussions of WRL stuff because when I was 
> a kid I thought it was probably junk, evidently it was not at all.
>
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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