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Eeyoo! Silver Mica Disease?
I hope it's not contagious! Actually, I don't use it as a radio. It's too pretty. Maybe I should, though. The station I got was a local one and it wasn't very staticy.
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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
I hate to say this, but you might have an IF transformer that has silver mica disease. It's a slang term for the resonating capacitors arcing in the base of the IF thansformers. I have to look at the schematics to get an idea. If they're genuine Zenith IF cans, they're easier to change the caps. The radio will exhibit an extreme amount of static while receiving a signal.
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