[R-390] Another newbie question...

[Bob Camp]

Hi

Yes they were soldered. They *may* have been soldered by NASA trained techs. The objective there was to use as little solder as possible in order to create a connection. Anything past that was "dead weight". 

Bob

On May 18, 2013, at 7:54 PM, John Saxon <johnbsaxon at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Good evening:
> 
> I am working on a R-390 (non-A), audio chassis.  I suspected a problem with C-603, coupling cap to the local audio  6AK6.
> 
> It is mounted on a terminal board and appears to have been MFP treated.  I was going to lift one end to test the cap when I discovered I could simply "unwind" the lead from the terminal stud, without having to unsolder anything.  I tried another cap and found the same thing.
> 
> These things were soldered, weren't they?  Could the connection have deteriorated in some way? 
> 
> I thought I would ask the experts.
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> K5ENQ
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