At 1/19/2007 21:13, you wrote: >Steve, > >I would recommend that you NOT use the Tantalum caps. They have a very nasty >habit of shorting when they overheat in the summer. When this happens >depending on where the cap is, you may cause a fire in the radio. > >Not a pretty when this happens. > >Charles Miller
Yup, I've seen this first-hand on the RFPA board of a Yaesu FTC-4625. Funny thing was the pretty-colored flame was shooting out of the radio while it was powered off - I caught it walking back into the shop from the restroom. Bob NO6B
