[R-390] Orange Drop vs ceramic disc

[Barry]

> Those are metallized film capacitors, which for the reasons 
> previously discussed (breakdown/self healing) are disasters waiting 
> to happen in boatanchors.  I'm not aware of any axial lead 
> film-and-foil caps currently available.  Much better to use the best 
> part for the job (film-and-foil) and accept a bit of inconvenience 
> installing them than to use a lesser part just for convenience.

I wish I had known.  I recapped an R390A with these:

http://www.justradios.com/capacitors.html

Barry - N4BUQ