I have also done the 10M conversion and Jim is absolutely correct about the
four letter incantations. A long, curved hemostat was essential.
73, Alan - K6RFK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Shorney" <[email protected]>
To: "Mail List - Drake Gear Drake Gear" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] L-7 10m??
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:58:13 -0500, Dino Papas wrote:
I have absolutely no idea how you could install the two 68-pf SM caps
yourself although I did correspond with a guy who said he'd done
it....they have to go way down in the recesses of the box that holds the
input coil circuitry.
I've done one. On the PITA scale, it ranks about 9.5 out of 10. Lots of
careful
bending, twisting, finagleing, poodle-faking, and four-letter incantations
are
required. Not to mention, a fairly skinny soldering iron.
73
-Jim
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