Part II: Beginning the repair of the Drake 2B. In part one (linked below), I introduced the Drake Model 2-B Communications Receiver. In this video, I show the repaired chassis wiring and walk through the replacement of the electrolytic capacitors. At the end, we’ll see if it powers up and has some basic functionality.
#210: Drake 2B Intro video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiQYafKPSDs
The replacement capacitors came from Hayseed Hamfest:
http://www.hayseedhamfest.com/
My iPad case is from Zoo-Gue – nice and stable!
http://www.zoogue.com/
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