[Milsurplus] A question of Value

[Mark K3MSB]

The point of my original post wasn't about orange drops vs the axials.   It
was simply that I decided to keep the originals for later so that I or
someone else could use them for an authentic restoration in future years.

>From my perspective,  replacing caps with either yellow or orange is not an
authentic restoration;  it's an electrical restoration.   Selling a recapped
radio with "orange disease" or "yellow disease" in future years with the bag
of old original parts is something that I feel will keep the value of the
radio.

The originals may have been axials,  but an axial yellow polypropylene
replacing a black beauty is no more authentic than using an orange drop.  I
have no problem working with orange drops,  but don't hold it against anyone
that wants to use the other.

73 Mark K3MSB



On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:25 PM, David Hollander <n7rk at cox.net> wrote:

> That's not the point Mark. Axial lead components are much easier to work
> with when recapping because of their form factor. The originals were axial
> lead components.
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> Dave N7RK
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