[Hammarlund] Caps?

[Bob Young]

I'll see if I can figure out how to take a picture of the bottom side of the radio. I'm almost positive they are not original to the radio, they are quite large, the largest ones are deep brownish red, the other (majority) look just like big oblong ceramics but very thick.

Bob
KB1OKL
> 
> 
> > I've got a Super Pro 400X here, it works but the
> > sensitivity is very low, is anyone here familiar with Caps
> > that have an M inside of a rectangle for the brand I
> > believe and an L on the larger ones with 255K written on
> > them and E on smaller ones that say 104K. These caps look
> > like very large rectangular ceramics. Larger ones are 1
> > 1/2 inches long by 1 inch by 3/8 inch. The smaller ones
> > are maybe not quite an inch long, 3/4 of an inch top to
> > bottom and about 1/4 of an inch thick. There are also a
> > couple of even smaller ones. They are all 400 volt caps
> > and all have the M inside of a rectangle. I haven't tested
> > them for leakage. Should I waste my time checking them or
> > just recap?
> >
> > Bob
> > KB1OKL
> >
>      Do they look something like mica caps, if so they are
> probably Micamold paper caps.  These have rather thin, flat, 
> oblong
> bodies but are usually marked Micamold and have color dot
> code similar to mica caps.  Micamold caps were quite high
> quality but like all paper caps become degraded with time.
> I have never seen retangular ceramic caps. Most of the old
> ones seem to be either discs or dog bone tubes.  Some caps
> are in tubular ceramic cases like small resistors. The brand
> monograms sound familiar, I will look in an old (well they
> are all old now) Radio's Master to see if I can indentify
> them.
> 
> 
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
>