01-05-2017, 06:00 PM
I finally had a little time to work on this radio. The speaker cleaned up easily with a soft brush.
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The recapping is proceeding without any surprises. I measured a few of the old paper caps for the heck of it and all very very leaky at their rated voltage. Also found a few out of spec resistors like this discolored 220 that measured around 500.
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[Image: https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/372/320106...da7a_c.jpg]
The recapping is proceeding without any surprises. I measured a few of the old paper caps for the heck of it and all very very leaky at their rated voltage. Also found a few out of spec resistors like this discolored 220 that measured around 500.
[Image: https://c6.staticflickr.com/1/305/321293...4c61_c.jpg]
