06-08-2014, 02:55 AM
Some people remove it entirely, others like myself melt out the capacitor tube and rewind it with a more modern wire of the same gauge. Given Philco's knack for cost cutting they must have been needed at some point. The capacitor needs to be there, the coil probably doesn't, the coil is in series with the capacitor and is used to couple the chassis to B-, it blocks AC voltage but allows RF to pass.
Regards
Arran
Regards
Arran