[R-390] IF deck caps

[Bob Camp]

Hi,

A wire wound 5 watt also works just fine on the audio deck. Since it's
Sunday Radio Shack might have them.

    Take Care!

        Bob Camp
        KB8TQ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Kincade" <w5kp@direcway.com>
To: <R-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 1:09 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] IF deck caps


> The decision is made, the original yellow jacket Aerovox's stay in. Thanks
> for all the friendly advice. Now on to the audio deck, and trying to find
a
> 560 ohm 2W carbon Rippel resistor!
> 73, Jerry W5KP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Kincade" <w5kp@direcway.com>
> To: <R-390@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:41 PM
> Subject: [R-390] IF deck caps
>
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
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