R: [Hallicrafters] SX-28 hum

Thu Oct 17 15:33:24 EDT 2002

May be my site and links in it can help.
Use the mirror: it is faster and more reliable.
Ciao

Emanuele Girlando (IW1DHI)
http://space.tin.it/clubnet/egirland/
mirror at
http://www.qsl.net/iw1dhi/

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Da: hallicrafters-admin at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:hallicrafters-admin at mailman.qth.net]Per conto di Jon Miccolis
Inviato: giovedì 17 ottobre 2002 16.36
A: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
Oggetto: [Hallicrafters] SX-28 hum

Hello,

I recently rescued from a neighbors shed a pretty decent sx-28, brought it
up
nice and slow on a variac, and have been running it "as found" for about a
month.  Up until yesterday evening it was operating without a hitch - clean,
crisp audio, nice and sensitive, and no hum whatsoever (quite a testimony to
how well built the receiver really is).  Well, while listening to AM
broadcast
it suddenly went to a loud hum (electric razor like).  The hum persists on
all
bands and remains even when the volume and gain are at zero.  Well, almost
needless to say, I immediately suspected capacitors.  Although I intend to
eventually recap, etc.  I currently am without the time and would just like
to
correct the problem at hand with minimum time/money expenditure.  My
question
is this (and to most it may seem quite elementary):

Does the "hum" problem seem more symptomatic of C51 and C52 A-C line bypass
caps, C48 and C49 input/output filter caps, or both?  And if C48 and C49
what
has been found to be the best (and most cost effective!) replacement option?

As always thanks in advance for the assistance!

Jon, KB9WVK
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