02-10-2015, 10:47 AM
Yes, opening up the coil pack sounds like a good plan. In the past, I've had O/C because of corroded wires.
In the Hacker Hunter - but no other Hacker sets, peculiarly - I've had several cases of capacitor wires silently corroding away inside the can. These are the polystyrene types. It looks like a reaction with the adhesive in the yellow tape that is used to wrap the coils before the can is placed over them. Perversely, the caps in question are in the AM IFTs, but they cause weak signals on FM
In the Hacker Hunter - but no other Hacker sets, peculiarly - I've had several cases of capacitor wires silently corroding away inside the can. These are the polystyrene types. It looks like a reaction with the adhesive in the yellow tape that is used to wrap the coils before the can is placed over them. Perversely, the caps in question are in the AM IFTs, but they cause weak signals on FM
