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Originally Posted by old_coot88
I would clip the blown-up cap out and toss it.
Its original purpose was (ostensibly) to reduce any RF hash coming in via the power line.
But today with the maelstrom of broadband hash already in the air, any noise on the power line would pale to insignifigance.
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Ok, so that would basically mean that without that capacitor this radio would them be a 1 capacitor equipped radios (not including the filter caps) which is kind of interesting because that's the first time I've ever come across a radio with so few capacitors in it.