>
>Hello gang,
>
>My latest Heathkit SB-220 rebuild was quite the animal. The proper
>and complete rebuild of an SB-220 will take some hours of serious
>work. After all the solder flux smoke has cleared, I fired the happy
>animal up for a terminated trial run. Above the 150 watt power
>level, I got snapping across the loading cap.
>
>Comparing this capacitor to another 70's vintage SB-220 loading
>cap shows the latter has a larger plate spacing. Can one of
>you trivia people tell me the reason for the factory change..?
>
I am aware of a change in Tune-C spacing, but not Load-C spacing.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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