[Hallicrafters] Black Beauty capacitors Beware

[Roger D Johnson]

It seem to be throughout the lines. S-76, SX-96, SX-100, etc.

On 3/7/2015 2:45 PM, Jim Liles wrote:
> Hi Roger,
>
> What model?
>
> Kindest regards Jim K9AXN
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Roger D Johnson
> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 1:08 PM
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Black Beauty capacitors Beware
>
> The cold ends of the first set are at RF ground due to a bypass cap. I just
> can't figure out why Halli
> would put B+ on one set of caps and not on the other!
>
> On 3/7/2015 2:05 PM, Roger D Johnson wrote:
>> I've just noticed something strange about these IF strips that I hadn't seen 
>> before. The first set of
>> capacitors on the selectivity switch have the cold ends connected to B+ while 
>> the second set has
>> the cold ends grounded. Anyone know why Hallicrafters did this?
>>
>> 73, Roger
>>
>>
>>
>>
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