[Johnson] Valiant Tuning

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Valiant Tuning caps.

For some reason I still don't know what happen to my rig.

It worked for abt 3  months after I bought it.  No problem with the caps
heating up or smoking.

Then one day on 40 mtrs they blew while in QSO, but no noise or poor signal
quality.  The signal just dropped off.

I have owned WRL stuff in the 1960's including a 500C.  I used DX 100's and
never had this happen 40 years ago.

I was looking at the 110V ac line.  Although it's transformer input could
there be a problem with the AC line.  I'm still using the original fused 2
wire plug.

Since the 1960's the only real change is the advent of 3 wire 110 V AC
lines.  The issue is that one side of the 110 V AC line is grounded were
years ago it may have floated.

My next round is changing the power cord and replacing the cap's agn.  Then
I'll find a gud ground and grd the shack.  This will be a RF ground if
possible.

Tnx agn    de Skip    K3CC