[Hallicrafters] Re:"Gimmick" capacitor

[Dick Blaney]

Many years ago, we made "Gimmick" capacitors from short pieces of solid #14 
bare wire and a coffee stirrer from "Micky D's".  We found that they were 
about 1 mmf, oops, shoin my age again, 1 pf per inch.  We spread the leads 
at right angles after we found the right capacity.  Worked like a charm
Dick
WB8MHE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie" <pincon at erols.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Re: Hallicrafters Digest, Vol 13, Issue 35


> "Gimmick" capacitor
>
> Well, it was actually a capacitor rather than an inductor.  In order for
> there to be much inductive coupling, you would need four connections.  If
> you have a decent capacitance meter, just twist an inch or so of two
> insulated wires together and connect one end of each wire to the meter. 
> It
> will typically measure between 1 - 3 pF
>
> 73' Charlie k3ICH