[Hallicrafters] SX-17 Recapping - NOT

[Bill Gerhold]

Since I have finished repairing my wonderful SX-17 (addition of replacement
"S" meter), I decided, while it is on the bench, do a recap.  When I
received the radio, the electrolytics had been replaced under the chassis
with the original on the chassis.  Nice and the radio works great.

Upon flipping it over and removing the cover plate, I was shocked at the
density of the components and dismayed at the inaccessibility of lots of wax
paper caps.  Recapping this wonderful, fully functional, completely aligned
receiver would be extremely difficult if not impossible.  Some of the caps
would require the removal of the entire bands switching section to get at
them.  Not a very appetizing prospect.  Others are packed so tightly with
other parts, I would probably do more damage than good.  Resistors look like
the very first types ever made with strange color coding.  And to make
matters worse, the schematic does not have resistor or cap values printed on
the schematic just component labels.  You must refer to the parts list to
get the value of C11 then back to the schematic to confirm C11 is correct,
then back to the receiver chassis and locate C11 which miraculously is
soldered 180 degrees out so you can't read the label.  I wonder if this was
done deliberately.  I'm too old to do this.

So, it stays as is with fingers crossed these caps last at least another few
years.

K2WH