[R-390] Baluns Caps and Ballasts

Jim jbrannig at verizon.net
Wed Jul 20 17:17:17 EDT 2011


I did the capacitor "Re-stuff" on my R-390A.
The whole bit.......drill and tap for brass screws, shove the new caps in 
and epoxy.........
It was an interesting exercise, but a waste of time.....

New capacitors can be soldered below the chassis, directly to the octal 
sockets......

Jim

> I have seen some homebrew attempts at cap restuffing and then to use epoxy
> to glue the can back on. I had decided that was a route that I did not 
> want
> to go. Nor did I want to spend $60 on some 1960's vintage of an NOS
> capacitor from Surplus Sales of Neb.



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