[Hallicrafters] Halli SX-101A advice

[rbethman]

Yep!  Orange Drops work FINE!

You just don't "really" need to go to that expense.

Dealer's Choice!

I went with "poly" caps from a "local" electronics shop.  This is 
relative, and around thirty miles from the house, and *I* get to go 
through the aisles and pick them out.  I know - "Blasphemy"!

It worked for me!

The "possible" need for alignment exists when one goes about "wholesale" 
replacement of components!

YMMV

Merry Christmas!

Current temp 36 Deg F., windchill - 22 Deg F.   Hoping for a "warming" 
to replace "tree-rat" destroyed feed-line!

Bob - N0DGN

On 12/24/2010 11:07 AM, Mark K3MSB wrote:
> Hi Howie --
>
> I used orange drops on mine and the recap went fine.   Do spend the time to
> check the resistors;  I found quite a few of mine way out of tolerance.
>
> My 101A worked great before the recap (especially on 10M),  and it's even
> better afterward.    I did not feel I needed to do an alignment after the
> recap.  I probably wouldn't hurt to do one though.
>
> Some manuals state there are black beauties in the 2nd Converter
> Subchassis.  I removed mine to find there were disc ceramic caps in them
> instead;   that really shouldn't have surprised me as my manual was a copy
> and probably wasn't associated with the radio originally.
>
> Have fun.  The 101A is a great receiver.
>
> 73 Mark K3MS