[NJARC] BC-348Q Power Questions(2 of them)

Jim Whartenby antqradio at sbcglobal.net
Thu Nov 8 21:30:38 EST 2007


Greetings Al
I haven't had one apart for a while but looking at the schematic in
T.O. AN08-10-209 shows one for sure (11-2) in the oscillator assembly
and five others that most likely are micamolds in the RF amp
assemblies.  All are .01uF at 300vdcw or 500vdcw.
Regards,
Jim

--- Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:

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> Well, that's not exactly what I said.  The older BC-348's, with the 
> double-ended tubes, are full of .01uF paper caps labeled MICAMOLD. 
> They 
> have to go.  I usually leave genuine micas in place until they arouse
> 
> real suspicion.
> 
> Jim,  Do the later 348's have paper caps inside the front end 
> compartments?  That's not the case with the early sets, but is surely
> is 
> with the BC-312 family.
> 
> Al
> 
> Scott Roberts wrote:
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> > Hi Jim-
> > One of the very nice things about the Q model BC-348
> > is no black beauties! All the caps are metal cased and
> > well sealed, as opposed to black beauties and paper
> > caps... Al Klase told me not to worry about thpse, but
> > to definitely replace the Mica caps...
> >
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