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Old 23rd Apr 2021, 7:35 pm   #7
G6Tanuki
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Default Re: Woodsons of Aberdeen SR124

Fascinating!

It's got a 3-gang tuning-capacitor, which suggests it's got a RF-amplifier stage and so should work rather well on the amateur 160/80-Metre bands.

I also note a bunch of metal-sleeved capacitors with rubber-bungs on their leadouts. These are "sheep in wolves clothing" - inside the shiny metal case is a nasty 'waxy' paper-capacitor which __will__ be horribly leaky after half a century.

If it says Metalpack or Metalmite on the outside, it really needs replacing with extreme urgency!
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