ELECTRONIC items CAN DIE!!!!!
or drop into a deep coma
leave a capacitor on a shelf for 50 years......(would you put it in a
hombrew without testing it first???)
i agree with john.



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"Dr. John" wrote in message
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On 05 Oct 2003 03:02:44 GMT, ay (KF6HHS) belch-spoke
these words:

With 18 months of idle time, the chances are greater that it has
died from unuse. This advice was given to me from KF6BQF, who has been
fixing
electronics for over
30 years.

John

John, don't believe everything you hear especially from a newbie, today's
electronics have a long shelf life. You can quote me as well, KF6HHS,
been
fixing electronics for 50 years.


Newbie? Hardly. I'm a newbie, and I've had the same experiences as him
with supposedly modern
electronics. It sits, it dies. Simple as that. If you haven't experienced
death by coma electronics,
you've been damn lucky and you should thank your stars for that.

John