[Hallicrafters] Silver mica measurements

[Al Parker]

Hi Dave,
    I dunno about your meter, but mine sure can tell the difference.  It's
a Dick Smith, too.  Have used it often, for about 4 yrs.
73,
Al
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From: "k6xyz" <k6xyz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Al Parker'" <anchor at ec.rr.com>; "'Rob Copeland'" <rob at v6spider.com>;
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Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 8:31 PM
Subject: RE: [Hallicrafters] Silver mica measurements


> Hi Al.....I have one of those 'Dick Smith' kit ESR meters I built and I
have
> tested many large caps that were leaking that stinking bug
juice......the
> caps had the pop tops blown out.....I know they were bad...real bad.
> I used that ESR thingie to compare with new caps the same printed value
and
> there was darn little difference.....so just change all the caps and
don't
> bother testing them.
>
> Regards
>
> Dave Harmon
> NSRCA 586
> K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
> Sperry, Ok.
>