[HBR] HBR 16 Owner Pondering Building My Own

[TC Dailey]

I absolutely agree... matter-of-fact, that very admonition is in either
Ted's notes or in the original articles... also, the aluminum ones can grow
"tin pest"... tiny little "mountains" of aluminum oxide, that can eventually
touch each other, and short out the cap... happens a lot on older radios
that have sat out in a barn or basement.

Tom - WAØEAJ - Denver
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> 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
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