Incomplete cap kit (a bit of a whine)

[TM86]

I'm recapping a Royce 1-641 and bought a cap kit off fleabay that was not from our very own Klondike Mike. Found out why you shouldn't do that.

The kit is not complete. It's missing 4 caps, and the list the guy sends with the kit has one of the caps labeled wrong. You can figure out what it should be, if you have an actual list of what the parts should be. As of now, I'm not sure that particular seller has actually ever seen the inside of a radio or a Sam's manual.

Now the kit was supposed to be for the main board of the radio only, and didn't include the caps in the PLL can. Which is fine. But if you're going to sell a cap kit for the main board of a 40 year old radio, you should at least get the right parts included. It's not like the documentation is undergoing constant revision.

Don't make the same mistake I did. If Klondike Mike doesn't sell a kit for it, get a list of the electrolytics and just buy them yourself. Now I need to go make a shopping list for the missing caps.

 

[Tallman]

I betcha Klondike Mike would sell you what you need. You know even an expensive ham radio will pick up alternator whine. Does the whine vary with speed?

 

[TM86]

I betcha Klondike Mike would sell you what you need. You know even an expensive ham radio will pick up alternator whine. Does the whine vary with speed?

The whine here is me whining about buying from the wrong source.