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Ok, I have probaly repaired over 100 radios and 5 b&w tube tv's now. With an occasional exception I am getting better at diagnosis. With my Capehart 21n2 I had a distortion problem on am and fm. Knowing that it has seperate fm and am up to audio I figured it was an audio problem Knowing that the paper caps in the bass switch were replaced I looked the diagram and figured it was one mica tied to the volume control.....and was right. It works well now. The owner of Fair Radio here in lima can look at a diagram and tell you what exactly each cap is doing and why. The man just blows my mind with his knowledge.
I have been there when a technician couldn't figure out what was wrong with a military transceiver and handed the diagram to the owner... he looked it over asked what was going on and said check this transistor or whatever part it was and sure enough was right. I guess it may take me a LONG time to get there but WOW..... thats what I want.
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