On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:10:42 -0500, spasiba
wrote:

There is a wire like that in the Hallicrafter s-40 series. Its purpose
is a small value capacitor. Instead of useing a real cap they just lay
or twist a small length of wire up to get the required capacitance.


1. there is a sleeved wire coming from the grid of the 3Q5 output tube and
laying across the socket of the 117Z6 rectifier, but not connected at the

Yes these "gimmick" capacitors are used extensively in radios, but in
this case, why have this capacitance from the grid of the audio output
to the rectifier ?

Peter Dettmann