[Boatanchors] Micamold Paper Caps

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

Did the color of the case indicate the dielectric was mica or paper??

73
Glenn
WB4UIV



At 06:42 PM 7/5/2013, 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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>*Charles Ring W3NU*
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