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G6Tanuki · 7th Jun 2017, 5:46 pm

100% agreed: plenty of otherwise-good 1980s/1990s Japanese ham-radio "hybrid" valve/transistor transceivers have suffered a PA-valve meltdown when the coupling capacitors have gone soft.

7th Jun 2017, 5:46 pm	#35
G6Tanuki Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 13,998	Re: Sailor T128 Marine Transmitter. 100% agreed: plenty of otherwise-good 1980s/1990s Japanese ham-radio "hybrid" valve/transistor transceivers have suffered a PA-valve meltdown when the coupling capacitors have gone soft.