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[J Forster]

IMO, restored gear is a lot less desirable than original antique gear. Hence I
don't recap.

-John



L.G. Robertson wrote:

> At 01:30 PM 01/31/2008, you wrote:
> >I have come to the opinion that I should just plan on changing the
> >electrolytics for new ones even before I bring up the radio. Haste makes
> >waste. If the cap(s) don't fail now they will probably fail pretty soon so
> >just go ahead and change them out right at the start.
> >
> >Bob, WA2CKY
>
> Same here, after 40 years of fooling with 'em...you can get away with
> reforming them _sometimes_...but it still makes me a tad nervous to run a
> rig with reformed electrolytics....it's always in the back of your
> mind...so I mostly just replace them; they're usually not too expensive.
>
> But transfomers ARE.
>
> -Lin/KJ6EF

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