[Heathkit] SB-200 Talk Back

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Come on Peter, you know as well as I do that it is Gremlins lurking in there.
All because somebody ran a batch of ceramic capacitors on October 31st The
official Magician's holiday. (True. Check your calendar.) So instead of working
magically, they got jinxed. 

I've got an Amanna refrigerator that people swear is talking. I must admit it
does make some strange sounds that do sound like ... Well, the service guy says
they all sound like this nowadays, less insulation for sound, but greater
efficiency. What I can't figure out is why he kept crossing himself? (chuckle)

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From: peter A Markavage <manualman at juno.com>
To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] SB-200 Talk Back
Date: Sunday, October 10, 2004 9:57 PM

You know you "get no respect" when even the ceramic capacitors talk back
to you.

As Mark indicated, it's probably the plate blocking cap. Changing it out
is probably the only solution.
Pete, wa2cwa

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:23:14 -0400 wb8jkr at juno.com writes:
>   Its probably the plate blocking capacitor, they
> have been known to do that in rare circumstances.
>  It doesn't necessarily indicate a problem, its just
> a trait of some ceramic capacitors.
> 
> 73,  Mark  WB8JKR
> 
> 
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:14:11 -0400 "Stephen Goldberg"
> <w2imf at worldnet.att.net> writes:
> > Dear List,
> > 
> > My SB-200 talks back to me on 15 meters.  It doesn't seem to come 
> 
> > from
> > transformer but from the tube compartment.  It's not arcing and 
> > signal is
> > not distorted in any manner.  Has anyone had this problem and if 
> so, 
> > what's
> > the solution?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Steve W4IMF

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