[HBR] HBR 16 Owner Pondering Building My Own

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/05 11:53:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
daileyservices at qwest.net writes:


> The APC caps for the coils are kind of tough to find as well, but surplus
> gear that you'll discover at hamfests, contain them, and it's worth it to
> get the RIGHT thing.
> 

A note on APC-type caps...

Some are made with aluminum plates and some with brass plates. The brass 
plated ones are usually plated so they don't look like brass.

For most applications they are interchangeable. But the brass-plate ones are 
reputedly more stable for VFO/HFO applications.

73 de Jim, N2EY