[Racal] Racal RA-117 Assistance needed

[Brian Goldsmith]

-----Original Message-----
>From Jordan Arndt


Can anyone give me any tips or info on the reliability of components in the
older RACAL receivers...I'd like to know what someone else may have found
regarding the Paper Caps , resistors etc..


***** Replace all the paper caps,one and all.


So far, what I've found
is the resistor values are lower than spec..
ie., a 1k resistor measures 912 ohms... a 15k resistor reads 14.2k


**** Leave them,they will be OK.

and he tried to use 1/2 of a 6AL5 dudl diode to replace the EA76
subminiature AGC rectifier

**** An EA76 is exactly the same diode as 1/2 6AL5,both are high perverance
diodes.



Brian Goldsmith.