[Boatanchors] GB> Cheaper than an Orange Drop Capacitor?

[john]

Hi Greg

Check out the little yellow mylar caps...  made by Xicon... they sell a 
variety of forms of these:

http://www.theguitarfiles.com/modules.php?name=catalog&file=product_info&products_id=1735

is one...

See you at Benson?

John K5MO




At 04:17 PM 11/1/2009, Greg Mijal wrote:
>Hi:
>I went shopping on the WWW today to restock my .1 and .01 uf capacitor 
>bins.  Just about fell thru the floor when I saw how much the 400vdc 
>orange drop caps have increased in cost.  Can anyone recommend an 
>alternative and cheaper source for the standard coupling and bypass caps I 
>need to repair receivers and the low level stages in transmitters?
>Can you recommend a different format cap that will work as well?
>Thanks
>Greg
>WA7LYO
>Kinston NC
>Home of the cheap skate and proud of it!