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November 1968 Radio-Electronics

November 1968 Radio-Electronics [Table of Contents] Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Electronics, published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.

Here is another one of those ads you would not likely see in a present day engineering magazine. Today, you'll routinely find racier images in JC Penny and Target advertisements (although in the latter example the girl might not be a real girl). Loral Electronics is a well-known defense systems contractor founded in the late 1940s by William Lorenz and Leon Alpert. Loral specialized in aerospace and avionics (airborne) systems like radar, radios, satellite navigation and communications. They also had a component distribution division which sold, among other items, the Arcolytic capacitors represented in this 1968 Radio-Electronics magazine promotion. Lockheed Martin bought Loral in 1996, the same year Loral was accused of transferring missile stabilization technology to China, which was useful in their Long March intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program.

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There's nothing wrong with the set.

You fixed the picture a week ago, now you're back repairing your repair job. And paying for it.

Replacement parts are supposed to last longer than that.

Like electrolytic capacitors. If they're wound in computer-grade, 99.99% pure aluminum foil, they'll hold up for a long time at continuous temperatures of 85 C.

Like Arcolytic capacitors do.

Even though they cost the same as any other home entertainment capacitor. And come in more than 2000 exact replacement values to maintain the set's stability.

Any Arcolytic distributor can fill you in on the whole line of Arcolytic types - twist mounts, printed circuit twist mounts, tubular electrolytics (including very high capacitance values) and miniature tubulars in the smallest physical sizes. He can also sell you Elmenco capacitors.

Then you won't have to do repair jobs twice. If the lady in the set seems to be missing something, a week after you've done a repair job, it's her problem. Not yours.

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Posted July 27, 2023