Hello,
Just acquired an L4B plus L4PS.  First question: PS has a sn of 142X.  This sn 
does not seem to match up to the ones on wb4hfn's site.  Any history?  The last 
Drake rig I ever saw with an X was a TR-6 prototype that I used back in the 
70's.

Second question: The caps in the power supply are blue sprague atoms with both 
leads on top of the cap and not axial.  There also seems to be a skinny board 
at the base of these caps.  I have'nt taken it apart to better understand the 
connections or modifications as yet.  I'm assuming this is not original, since 
I understand Drake used axial capacitors.  Am I correct here?  And did Drake 
ever do any of the mod's outlined above?  Looks like a pro job from looking at 
the tops of the capacitors and the little long skinny boards at the bottom?

Before I picked this up, I had it in my head I'd need to get a upgrade board 
from the Heathkit Shop, but now I'm not sure that will be necessary, at least 
in the short run.  Oh, I have'nt fired it up yet, so I cannot comment on the 
smell or anything else.  I'm planning on bringing it up slowly on a variac.  I 
was told it had been in storage for around 8 years.

Thanks,
David
Wd9cmd
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