[R-390] Axial Caps

[Charles P. Steinmetz]

David wrote:

>Are there any suppliers who still manufacture axial film/foil 
>capacitors that sell at a reasonable price, i.e., less than several 
>dollars a piece?

Not that I am aware of.  CDE would probably be happy to make some 
axial-lead ODs, but you would have to be willing to buy quite a lot 
of them to justify a run.

If you use 1kV disk ceramics to replace all bypass caps, you will 
find that most BAs need only 2-5 film-and-foil caps in coupling 
applications -- this takes some of the sting out of the price.  For 
these few, just get over the "I think using radial caps is ugly" 
thing, buy some Teflon spaghetti tubing, and bend the leads of ODs to 
suit the installation.

Best regards,

Charles