I guess they didn't have a capacitor tester on their bench. Maybe they
didn't even have a bench, or spare parts, or a real engineer - just a "board
swapper".
I was in AM, FM and TV engineering for 50 years. You didn't go home until
the problem was fixed. If you didn't have the correct part, you made one (
i.e. series/parallel to get a value close enough ). If you really couldn't
cook up a substitute, you called all the other engineers in town looking to
borrow the spare part you needed.
It is not like that anymore. Glad I'm retired.
Lloyd - N9LB
-----Original Message-----
From: RFI [mailto:rfi-bounces+lloydberg=tds.net@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Rob Atkinson
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 5:02 AM
To: rfi <rfi@contesting.com>
Subject: [RFI] Splatter from AM Radio Station WNTS Indianapolis and
Resolution
>It took almost 10 months for the replacement capacitors to arrive and for
the repairs to be completed.
I know recapping a rig like that can be expensive, but to me, 10 months
tells me someone didn't really care about hams or FCC enforcement all that
much. I know Harris isn't all that good about supporting old rigs, but they
don't _have_ to be the only parts source.
Rob
K5UJ
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