Yes, Hunt's were/are notorious for failing and splitting along the seams of
the molded covering.... They were used in North American equipment as well,
such as Stromberg Carlson P.A. amplifiers...
73...Jordan VE6ZT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Les Locklear" <[email protected]>
To: "Jim Whartenby" <[email protected]>; "R-390 Mailing List"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2024 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Paper on failure modes of mica capacitors (historical)
Virtually all the "Hunt" branded capacitors in the Racal RA-17 series
failed. I guess you call if the British version of the Black/Grey ladies
of death that were in lots of different receivers, but mainly Hammarlund
SP-600's.
Les
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