Find something else that is broken and needs fixing.

You have a problem - you do not have enough radios that need repair. In
short, you have not done your part to rescue old radios.

Once you have a pile of old radios that do not work, because someone twisted
all the if adjustments until they failed, or used Windex to clean all the
lettering off the dial, you will not have enough time to recap a radio that
is working fine.

In fact, you will not even have room on your bench for a working radio, nor
have time to enjoy them.

Colin K7FM

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:47:16 UTC, "COLIN LAMB"
wrote:

Find something else that is broken and needs fixing.

You have a problem - you do not have enough radios that need repair. In
short, you have not done your part to rescue old radios.

Once you have a pile of old radios that do not work, because someone twisted
all the if adjustments until they failed, or used Windex to clean all the
lettering off the dial, you will not have enough time to recap a radio that
is working fine.

In fact, you will not even have room on your bench for a working radio, nor
have time to enjoy them.

Colin K7FM
What the hell are you talking about? I have two old radios that I
recapped: an S-38 and an HE-10. I was told by several boatanchor
owners that this particular Hammarlund would not need a recap as most
of them were ceramic disk with no black beauties. What are you on?
This sounds like some rant against the man? I just wanted good radio
advice!

On 6/3/08 6:01 AM, in article BJ4mQCBKg9HM-pn2-Bzcrp6NzzYDu@localhost,
"Count Floyd" wrote:

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:47:16 UTC, "COLIN LAMB"
wrote:

Find something else that is broken and needs fixing.

You have a problem - you do not have enough radios that need repair. In
short, you have not done your part to rescue old radios.

Once you have a pile of old radios that do not work, because someone twisted
all the if adjustments until they failed, or used Windex to clean all the
lettering off the dial, you will not have enough time to recap a radio that
is working fine.

In fact, you will not even have room on your bench for a working radio, nor
have time to enjoy them.

Colin K7FM
What the hell are you talking about? I have two old radios that I
recapped: an S-38 and an HE-10. I was told by several boatanchor
owners that this particular Hammarlund would not need a recap as most
of them were ceramic disk with no black beauties. What are you on?
This sounds like some rant against the man? I just wanted good radio
advice!


You also need to examine your sense of humor level. It appear to be low.

Don Bowey wrote:
On 6/3/08 6:01 AM, in article BJ4mQCBKg9HM-pn2-Bzcrp6NzzYDu@localhost,
"Count Floyd" wrote:

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:47:16 UTC, "COLIN LAMB"
wrote:

Find something else that is broken and needs fixing.

You have a problem - you do not have enough radios that need repair. In
short, you have not done your part to rescue old radios.

Once you have a pile of old radios that do not work, because someone twisted
all the if adjustments until they failed, or used Windex to clean all the
lettering off the dial, you will not have enough time to recap a radio that
is working fine.

In fact, you will not even have room on your bench for a working radio, nor
have time to enjoy them.

Colin K7FM
What the hell are you talking about? I have two old radios that I
recapped: an S-38 and an HE-10. I was told by several boatanchor
owners that this particular Hammarlund would not need a recap as most
of them were ceramic disk with no black beauties. What are you on?
This sounds like some rant against the man? I just wanted good radio
advice!


You also need to examine your sense of humor level. It appear to be low.

Truly.

Is there any one of us that hasn't noticed that collecting old radios is an
insatiable hunger. We are always trying to re-find the excitement we got when
we found the first gem we longed for... But alas, you can be a virgin only once.

-Chuck

Chuck Harris wrote:

Is there any one of us that hasn't noticed that collecting old radios is an
insatiable hunger. We are always trying to re-find the excitement we got when
we found the first gem we longed for... But alas, you can be a virgin only once.

Not at all. There is your first ARC-5 set, your first GRR-9, your first
Racal.

Hell, every time I open up the R-390 and look inside, I feel like someone
has just taken my virginity...
--scott

--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 15:04:11 UTC, Don Bowey wrote:

On 6/3/08 6:01 AM, in article BJ4mQCBKg9HM-pn2-Bzcrp6NzzYDu@localhost,
"Count Floyd" wrote:

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:47:16 UTC, "COLIN LAMB"
wrote:

Find something else that is broken and needs fixing.

You have a problem - you do not have enough radios that need repair. In
short, you have not done your part to rescue old radios.

Once you have a pile of old radios that do not work, because someone twisted
all the if adjustments until they failed, or used Windex to clean all the
lettering off the dial, you will not have enough time to recap a radio that
is working fine.

In fact, you will not even have room on your bench for a working radio, nor
have time to enjoy them.

Colin K7FM
What the hell are you talking about? I have two old radios that I
recapped: an S-38 and an HE-10. I was told by several boatanchor
owners that this particular Hammarlund would not need a recap as most
of them were ceramic disk with no black beauties. What are you on?
This sounds like some rant against the man? I just wanted good radio
advice!


You also need to examine your sense of humor level. It appear to be low.
I have a great sense of humor at the appropriate time, not when asking
a question and getting the old "USENET" rant. I expected more out of
him, and I was wrong.

You also need to examine your sense of humor level. It appear to be
low.
I have a great sense of humor at the appropriate time, not when asking
a question and getting the old "USENET" rant. I expected more out of
him, and I was wrong.


How could you possibly interpret that as a rant? I was laughing all the way
though it.
I've seen the movie Colin, and only recently have I been able to slow down
on purchases....although an NCX-5 is looking more and more interesting.

Dale W4OP

In article BJ4mQCBKg9HM-pn2-Bzcrp6NzzYDu@localhost,
Count Floyd wrote:
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 12:47:16 UTC, "COLIN LAMB"
wrote:

Find something else that is broken and needs fixing.

You have a problem - you do not have enough radios that need repair. In
short, you have not done your part to rescue old radios.

Once you have a pile of old radios that do not work, because someone twisted
all the if adjustments until they failed, or used Windex to clean all the
lettering off the dial, you will not have enough time to recap a radio that
is working fine.

In fact, you will not even have room on your bench for a working radio, nor
have time to enjoy them.

What the hell are you talking about? I have two old radios that I
recapped: an S-38 and an HE-10. I was told by several boatanchor
owners that this particular Hammarlund would not need a recap as most
of them were ceramic disk with no black beauties. What are you on?
This sounds like some rant against the man? I just wanted good radio
advice!

His advice was good: get a lot more old beat-up radios and then you will
not have time to worry about minor issues like the possibility of bad
supply caps in an HQ-145.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

In your original post, you claimed:

"If the radio is working well as original, would it be
better to just leave well enough alone? I always try to live by the
maxim: If it ain't broke....."

My light hearted reply was simply trying to justify your continuing to
follow the maxim you claimed to live by.

Moreover, a prior post you made requested information on someone who could
recap the HQ-145. That implied that you were not able to do the work
yourself. So, my post gave you a reason to save your money or save you from
attempting to do something you were not able to do.

And, if you did not have a chip on your shoulder, you would have noted that
my reply contained a bit of envy that you could be worried about such rather
trivial matters. Most real boatanchor collectors can barely stay above
water with things that they consider more pressing. We inherit broken
radios and some literally show up at our door. Others, we feel sorry for
when we see them at a swap meet under a table.

The fact is that you were worrying about the wrong components. Ceramic
capacitors are going to be closer to specified tlerance than the carbon
composition resistors. So, if you are going to change out all the ceramic
capacitors, you will want to change out all the carbon composition
resistors. Seems like a lot of work for an HQ-145.

If your feelings were hurt, it was not intended.

Colin K7FM