[R-390] The adventure begins (and a capacitor question).

[John Saeger]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Smith" <billsmith@ispwest.com>
To: "John Saeger" <john@whimsey.com>; <R-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] The adventure begins (and a capacitor question).


> Could be open mica capacitors.   The red-rectangular versions in my R-390
> (NA) are monsters.  They leak and open just like the paper tubulars you
> correctly replaced in your father's radio.   Hope you also checked the
> resistors, by the way.

Hmmm...  Good point about the mica capacitors.  Maybe they should be gone
through too.  But if I'm taking out a mica, I'm wanting to put in another
one.  Is there anything really better than a mica?

Good point about the resistors.  I did check a few, and for the most part
they were at least double what they should have been.  I began to wonder if
they had changed the ohm or something.  ;-)  I didn't do anything about it.
Maybe someday I will, but after doing the capacitors, they're about the only
original parts left.  So I thought I'd let them run till one breaks.

John