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Old 09-24-2015, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by DavGoodlin View Post
This is a cool 1968 all-USA built piece with a blue-green electro-luminescent dial like the instrument cluster on a 1967 Charger

As can be guessed, the mini-firecracker electrolytic was open. The result blew the AF driver transistor open (PNP-Ge, NTE-102A). I just got a replacement and cannot wait to plug it in and hear and see this in the dark

Oddly, 6 other electrolytics passed ESR tests
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That looks almost like the radio from the Dick van Dyke Show...
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