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Old 11-27-2020, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by init4fun View Post
Despite Jeff's dour predictions , capacitor C1 would save the antenna coil if AC was improperly applied to the antenna terminals .

I didn't realize there was a capacitor in the antenna circuit to protect the coil in case the latter were inadvertently connected to 110v AC power. This will teach me not to say anything like what I said in my post without being sure of the facts.
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