[Milsurplus] tcs 12 receiver caps

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Bob,

In my experience, none in particular.  My experience with the TCS and other 
military sets of the era is that in 80% of the sets, bad capacitors are found 
at random if at all.  In 5% all are bad.  And in the remaining 15% all of one 
specific type are bad and any other bad ones fall in the random group.  For 
example, in a BC-1306 receiver that I overhauled, all of the .01's were bad and 
nothing else.  In a BC-312 I'm currently working on, all of the canned triple 
.05's were bad (and for mechanical reasons as much as cosmetic, I removed the 
cans and rebuilt them with .047's from Fair Radio), and I found two others bad 
of different types.  My TCS-14 still has all of its original capacitors.  A 
friend in Alabama has several TCS receivers and transmitters and I've sent him 
replacement originals several times, but never the same one and some because a 
previous owner had removed the original and not replaced it with anything.

In a message dated 12/23/2004 11:34:32 AM Central Standard Time, 
KD4MVC at aol.com writes: 
>   Planning on putting the tcs on the bench this somtime this  weekend.  Are 
> 
> there any problems caps  that should be first on the  list to change?  I 
> have 
> seen  a list for the  390's and  392.   Or just roll-up the sleeves !!
> 

73
Robert Downs - Houston
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