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In diesem Abschnitt mach ich den Kondensatorentausch zuende, Mache den festgegangenen AM Drehkondensator wieder flott, messe die Widerstände durch und komme mit dem toten Magischen Auge zu einem ziemlich frustrierenden Ergebnis.
In this episode I finish recapping the radio and point out which type of caps definitely need replacing and which types rarely go bad. I also free up the frozen variable cap from the AM tuner, I check the resistors and then commence to sort the problem regarding the dark magic eye tube. I find out that all voltages are present and that the green phosphor in the tube has completely degenerated. I check my stocks only to find out that over the years i have used up all NOS stocks of that EM80 (6BR5) magic eye. However i find 9 used ones in the stash and merrily proceed to test them to pick a good one, only to realize in the end that I have 9 duds. Upsetting... I borrow a good one from a friends radio to demonstrate what it at least should look like and wow to make some kind of replacement plan which will be part of the next episode.
I am still working on the english subtitle issue, it has turned out that the automatic translator feature is absolute rubbish and that I will have to manually translate and type in everything.
Quite a task, so please bear with me on that one and thanks for watching.
P.S. Dave is working on that Carmen 2 radio from Romania and I am as eager as you all are to see him work his magic on it, but it should not be long now hopefully :-)