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Originally Posted by JesusJones
Oh and can I use axial caps. The kind with leads on both sides. Or must they be surface mount can type. With both leads on the bottom?
I didn't think it mattered but maybe it does.
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Electronically, except for the IF strip and the tuner, it doesn't matter. And you shouldn't need to change anything in the IF or tuner anyway, those caps there are usually ceramic discs and rarely go bad.
Even the manufacturers will use axial caps in a pinch where a radial cap was designed for, on a circuit board. They would use caps with leads long enough so they can bend one end over to reach the circuit board with the cap standing upright. They want to ship product, and can't wait around for the radials to show up in a few days.