[Hallicrafters] Paper cap substitutes on 50 kHz if Hallis?

[Rodney Bunt]

Done the same in a SX-100, SX-101 and a SX-111 as well as a Hammarlund HQ-180. Works fine for me.

Rodney
VK2KTZ

--- Jack Schrader <w1jhs at midmaine.com> wrote:
> I too would like to see comments as I changed all of the Tiny Chief caps in
> my 101 and it seems to work just fine.
> 
> Jack w1jhs
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kwylow zinjanthropus" <catman351 at yahoo.com>
> To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 8:35 PM
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Paper cap substitutes on 50 kHz if Hallis?
> 
> 
> > All:
> > I read something of interest recently on Electric Radio.It concerns us
> changing the paper caps out on 50Kc if Hallicrafters Radios (SX-100, 101,
> 111, etc) with the newer plastic ones we see in various places like Antique
> ES.
> > FYI, the old paper caps were described in the article as being more of an
> RLC combo rather than just a plain old cap and the engineers literally had
> to incorporated those characteristics into the receiver. The newer caps were
> far closer to an ideal C than the older stuff so say a .01uF cap in the old
> days would have some inductance and resistance inherent in it's design while
> the new mylar caps would be closer to the .01uF without any significant L or
> R. Apparently, changing out to the new caps can have a negative effect on
> those aforementioned rx's. Anyone care to comment on this? Thanks. Cal,
> N6KYR.
> >
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