[W8MWA] An interesting old piece of ham equipment

[Cory Sickles]

That's the oddest "capacitor" I have ever seen.

Best regards,
Cory

On Thu, Aug 13, 2026 at 1:41 AM Jan Ditzian via W8MWA <w8mwa at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

> If you are in good humor, go to this Facebook For Sale post that is in the
> local WV Facebook Marketplace.  Pay attention to the type of equipment this
> is.
>
> Vintage Air Variable Capacitor
> <https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1036385642374597/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_general&referral_story_type=general_listing&tracking=%7B%22qid%22%3A%22-6353049092472963489%22%2C%22mf_story_key%22%3A%225338822483322192348%22%2C%22top_level_post_id%22%3A%225338822483322192348%22%2C%22commerce_rank_obj%22%3A%22%7B%5C%22target_id%5C%22%3A5338822483322192348%2C%5C%22target_type%5C%22%3A6%2C%5C%22primary_position%5C%22%3A5%2C%5C%22ranking_signature%5C%22%3A6612641569401154184%2C%5C%22ranking_region%5C%22%3A%5C%22uco%5C%22%2C%5C%22ranking_request_id%5C%22%3A6855716842602458975%2C%5C%22commerce_channel%5C%22%3A501%2C%5C%22value%5C%22%3A0.00040232432850947%2C%5C%22upsell_type%5C%22%3A129%2C%5C%22candidate_retrieval_source_map%5C%22%3A%7B%5C%2227797899213164382%5C%22%3A3045%2C%5C%2237782862677993926%5C%22%3A3045%2C%5C%2236871670232480856%5C%22%3A3099%2C%5C%2238123032617287896%5C%22%3A3016%2C%5C%2227940970982187685%5C%22%3A3528%2C%5C%2227831829056409176%5C%22%3A3547%7D%2C%5C%22candidate_write_path_source_map%5C%22%3A[]%2C%5C%22delivery_flow_path%5C%22%3Anull%2C%5C%22grouping_info%5C%22%3Anull%2C%5C%22is_prefetch%5C%22%3Afalse%2C%5C%22request_fetch_reason%5C%22%3Anull%7D%22%7D>
>
> 73,
> Jan, KX2A
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