K0IC
| Joined: | Sat, Apr 4th 1998, 00:00 | Roles: | N/A | Moderates: | N/A |
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| Making parts: | Aug 29th 2011, 19:51 | 4 | 9,542 | on 5/10/11 |
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| Making parts: | K0IC | on 29/8/11 |
| I wish the ARRL would put out a book on how to make capacitors and re-winding transformers, etc. Some parts are impossible to find at reasonable cost. It is too bad to dispose of gear that can be repaired. I have re-wound an Atwater-Kent radio power AC transformer early in my ham radio career. I would have liked to know how to do that right the first time. I know faulty capacitors can ruin transformers. Older gear should be more repairable than solid-state parts that are no longer made for one reason or the other. I would think one could make vacuum tubes if one knew how to go about it. | ||
