[R-390] Ceramic .01 bypss buy

[David Wise]

Good points, Tim.  I left out "familiar", but I think perhaps
you didn't notice my "cheaper".  Ceramics were still new,
papers were old and therefore mature technology with costs
driven to the minimum.

> [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Tim Shoppa
> 
> David Wise wrote:
> > Tim Shoppa wrote:
> >> Or: why did Art not use ceramics to begin with?
> 
> > They didn't exist / weren't reliable / were too expensive.
> > Ceramic caps were an emerging technology at that time.
> 
> But 0.005 ceramic disks were used extensively in the RF deck
> and occasionally elsewhere.
> 
> The 0.01's sprinkled through the IF deck aren't conceptually
> in a different ballpark.

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