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A pulse of current through the coil can kill some types of ferrite as can a permanent magnet brought too close.
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I've seen this first hand, I was once working on a Pye Westminster and accidentally shorted the collector of one of the receiver RF amp transistors to ground, pulling a lot of current through the coil. The receiver sensitivity dropped by more than 10dB and only recovered when the ferrite slug was replaced.