[Boatanchors] Micamold Paper Caps

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

Is that code with an arrow pointing to the right? 

Mac, K2GKK in OKC


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On Jul 5, 2013, at 18:16, "David C. Hallam" <dhallam at knology.net> wrote:

Micamolds came in both mica and paper and they basically appeared identical.  There is one dot in the color code that told whether it was paper or mica.  On the 6 dot RMA color code, a black dot is mica and a silver dot is paper.  This dot is the upper left hand dot.

David
KW4DH

On 7/5/2013 6:42 PM, Charles Ring wrote:
> 
> On 7/5/2013 1742, Joe Connor wrote:
>> The BC-342 is full of black Micamolds in hard-to-reach places, such as inside the IF cans and inside the RF boxes under the chassis. Some variants of the BC-348 are full of them, too.
>> 
>> With those black Micamolds, the only question is whether they're shorted or just leaky.
>> 
>>                              Joe Connor
> 
> The name Micamold sure suggests they are mica caps, and I innocently believed so for many years. Was this a case of deceptive naming / false advertising?

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