[Elecraft] KPA100 capacitor question

[Don Wilhelm]

Werner,

Unfortunately, there is no universally accepted way of marking 
capacitors, so I can only guess a bit here.

What I do know is that the 100 pf capacitors that have shipped with 
recent Elecraft kits have short leads.  Those small leads tend to hide 
themselves stuck in other components.  Investigate any capacitors that 
you have with short leads - 100 pf will be marked '101' (plus other 
manufacturer's markings).  Look in all the bags and search for 
capacitors sticking in things like the tape on the relay tube and similar.

As for the 33 pf capacitor, what is the diameter of the one you have in 
hand?  If it is approximately 1/4 inch diameter or smaller, is is the 
one to use at C26.  The C5F capacitor would be a larger disk ceramic or 
it might be one like the other yellow high voltage capacitors used for 
the Low Pass Filter.

73,
Don W3FPR
 

Dr. Werner Furlan wrote:
> hi, 
>
> I am working on the KPA 100 and I have a problem to identify C26 (33pF, 
> 50V) and find C 41 (100pF, 101) in the provided capacitors. 
> I found one disk capacitor labelled 33, CO, but then I cannot find C5F, which 
> should also be "33", but 500V or 1KV.
>
> >From the 100pF, 101 should be QTY 2, I cannot find them in the capacitors 
> bag.
>  
>