[Hallicrafters] Darn Capacitors

Carl Nord chnord at comcast.net
Tue Oct 16 19:45:16 EDT 2007


I do one at a time and turn it back on with a switch on the variac. Keeps errors to a minimum and lets me hear the improvements
Good luck!
73
Carl / WA1KPD
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Waldo Magnuson <magnuson at mac.com>
>     My usual practice in replacing capacitors is to replace 2 or 3 and 
> sometimes 4 and then see if the receiver still operates.  I make 
> sketches of the capacitors I am replacing and am very careful.
>     Well this time I replaced 5 capacitors (in my SX-28A) and now the 
> volume is way-way down.  The audio section appears okay (input via the 
> phono input).
> I'm checking resistor values, voltages, connections, etc. where I 
> replaced the capacitors (in the V6 and V7 area), but have not found the 
> problem.
>     I may be back for help - wish me luck.
> 73,  Skip  W7WGM
> 
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