[Boatanchors] Capacitor Information?

[mac]

Pete,

Yep, here they are.  Have seen other configurations too but don't  
remember the manufacturer.

Thanks for the reference.

Dennis D.  W7QHO
Glendale, CA

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On Mar 31, 2014, at 11:34 AM, Pete Lancashire wrote:

> 1935
>
> http://www.n1bug.com/files/1935-6-Cardwell-catalog.pdf
>
> Try pdf page 10
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 11:20 AM, mac <w7qho at aol.com> wrote:
> Went to look up Cardwell in my 1943 Radios Master and found the  
> pages listed for them missing (H-55 to H 60).  No evidence of being  
> torn or cut out somewhere along the way, just not there.   
> Interesting.........
>
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
>
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> On Mar 31, 2014, at 10:01 AM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>
>
>    Fixed air dielectric caps were pretty common and I think all the  
> larger manufacturers of air caps made them. They were used mostly in  
> transmitters and antenna tuners. Air dielectric caps have the  
> advantages of extremely low loss and good stability, only vacuum  
> capacitors have are superior.  I do not know if there is any  
> Cardwell literature on line. They were a very old and well respected  
> capacitor manufacturer who advertised in QST and the ARRL handbook  
> for decades.
>
>
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> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles
> WB6KBL
> dickburk at ix.netcom.com
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