[Hallicrafters] Increase in sensivity due to cap changeout?

[Roy Morgan]

At 08:52 PM 4/20/03 -0700, kwylow zinjanthropus wrote:
>Has anyone experienced an increase in their rx' sensitivity as a result of 
>replacing the paper capacitors?

Yes.

The main reason is that leaky paper bypass caps at the screens of rf and if 
amplifier tubes reduce the screen voltage, resulting in very much lower 
gain at each stage.

Roy


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