[Milsurplus] BC-348-Q Capacitor Questions

Mark K3MSB mark.k3msb at gmail.com
Sat Aug 21 09:00:51 EDT 2010


Gents --

I've owned my BC-348-Q for quite a number of years and use it on and off
during the year.   I recently acquired my first ARC-5 transmitter,  and I'd
like to get the pair set up on a more permanent basis.

My 348 is stock ( and unbutchered ) and it has the heavy anti-fungal sprayed
on coating.

Does the sealing property of the spray have any effect on component
longevity (especially the molded paper caps) ?    The manual says "molded"
caps,  and I assume they're really molded paper (in which case I typically
replace outright).

Should I suspect the tubular caps,  or are they like mica caps that rarely
go bad with age?

Finally, anything to be particularily concerned about when replacing the
caps in the dynamotor base?

Thanks

Mark K3MSB


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