Who says the owner is actually gonna plug in the darned thing and listen to
it!

That four-figure radio is a trophy....not a radio!

Personal story: I just took delivery of an almost mint vintage 1967 ham
transceiver. It was out of the box for about three hours, playing on the
test bench when.....kapow!... up went a "point-one" bypass cap in smoke.
Well, my "mint" radio lasted about that long. Get out the soldering iron.

Only a fool pays $3,000-plus for an old Hallicrafter radio....a Bigger fool
will turn on the power switch!

Pat, WPE9JRL
"starman" wrote in message
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As you may know, there's an SX-88 on Ebay. The pictures show it still
has the original paper capacitors like the 'Tiny Chiefs' and 'Black
Beauties', which are known to become leaky. Should a valuable radio like
the '88' be run with these caps' and possibly damage an irreplacable
componant, such as an I.F. transformer? Would it lessen the value if it
was recapped?


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