[R-390] IF deck caps

[Jerry Kincade]

I know the failure rate of Black and Brown Beauties, but do the yellow
Aerovox jobs suffer a high failure rate too? I ask because I just (groan)
looked at the nearly 20 of them packed into the underside of this Teledyne
IF deck that will require replacement if ALL the paper caps must be changed
out. Some of them are pretty well buried. My other 390A, which was gone over
prior to my purchase by a fairly well known rebuilder, had only C-553 and
the BBOD's replaced, all the original yellow Aerovox's were left in. Was
this a bad move on the restorer's part? That particular radio has worked
like a champ for 3 years now.
Jerry W5KP