[ICOM] 271 PLL and C9

[mikea]

On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 10:54:20PM -0600, W. David Paperman wrote:
> Greetings;
> 
> The infamous C9 in my 271H has failed. This is a 1 ufd @ 50 v BiPolar 
> capacitor. Has anyone on the list substituted (successfully) a non 
> bipolar (polarized) capacitor in place of the original?
> 
> I am trying to get this one back on line ASAP. It is being loaned to a 
> "newbie".

2 2-uFd 50V polarized caps in series, back to back (+ to + or - to -) 
should work just fine. 

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin