[R-390] replacing components

[Tim Shoppa]

KC2JD/4 writes:
> Some times it is nearly impossible to get to the lug. Older radios often 
> are a rats nest of wiring having buried connections where it might be 
> necessary to remove several other components to get to the one you want. 
>  The spiral wrap connectors are a very useful tool.

I myself am not a recapping junkie, nor a "everything has to be
original as assembled in Cedar Rapids" junkie.

I do have a sort of vengance out for certain components but
prefer to blow them up rather than take them out. (We called it
"margining" back in the good old days.) I happen to think it's nuts
to replace every single capacitor when it gets so extreme that
even the ones that are run with 3% of their rated voltage in
filament bypass use are accused of being "leaky".

I think quiggs/spirals are a fine way to fix a radio without having
to disassemble it all the way down to where the lugs can be seen.

Tim N3QE