[Hallicrafters] S40 Advice please

[Edward B Richards]

1. No, I would leave the filter caps if they are OK. I would test them
for leakage, though.
2. What you see is the "gimmick". A very small coupling capacitor.
3. Having to turn the RF gain down to copy CW or SSB is normal.

73, Ed Richards K6UUZ

 

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:37:22 -0500 "Brent Seres" <bseres at hpedsb.on.ca>
writes:
> I have mostly finished my re-capping of the S40, and a quick check 
> shows 
> the radio to be operating okay, although I have done no real testing 
> on 
> it yet. AS I am new to this, I value the advice of others, so here 
> goes:
> 
> Would you replace the filter caps, even if you don't hear any hum?
> 
> Could someone describe to me what the BFO coupling in the s40 should 
> 
> look like, The manual describes it as a "gimmick"...what I see is a 
> short piece of hookup wire making one loop over  the lead going to 
> pin 4 
> of the detector tube.  I find that I have to turn the RF gain down a 
> lot 
> to properly copy most CW.
> 
> Thanks again for all of your help.
> 
> Brent
> VE3CUS
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