[RFI] Splatter from AM Radio Station WNTS Indianapolis and Resolution

[Lloyd - N9LB]

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 at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Rob Atkinson
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 5:02 AM
To: rfi <rfi at 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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