[David Dunlop]

A little bit of an update on the C7D Trimmer Capacitor Saga.

I have been able to successfully retrieve the C7D Trimmer Cap from the spare IF Coil Assembly salvaged from my Spare Parts Receiver. Only two soldered connections to deal with, both involving a very tight wrap of 20 gauge solid copper lead, and I have never seen so much solder on connections like these two had accumulated. I used up nearly 3 inches of de-soldering wick on them before deciding there was no way I was going to be able to clean the terminals enough to unwrap the leads. So I had to finally resort to my least used and least favourite tool in the shop: cutters.

But the replacement C7D Trimmer Cap is now ready to install in the Main Set Receiver, along with its insulating shield for the long Rotator Plate Connector.


David