If those radios are restored to Concours standard you would need to make
your own paper (using the proper wood, of course) beat metal into the
proper foil and mine the ore in germany to make the wires. Even then, they
might ding you for using resin core solder..... ;-)
Cheers!!
Jim
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Dave KK7SS <kk7ss at frontier.com> wrote:
> One of my hobbies is rebuilding antique Ham radios.
> Most of the time, the paper or foil type capacitors used in the power
> supply and high voltage circuits are shot!
> I replace them with modern 'solid' capacitors I get from a supplier in
> Canada.
> Much more reliable with better stability.
>
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