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Re: [TenTec] 238 caps

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] 238 caps
From: "Jim Brown K9YC" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:03:15 -0800
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:53:42 -0600, Rob Atkinson wrote:

>Instead of doing the tuner cap mod with doorknobs why not simply use
>higher v. disk ceramics? 

If I'm not mistaken, the primary failure mode is heating due to 
excessive dissipation (i.e., equivalent series resistance), not 
voltage breakdown. 

73,

Jim K9YC



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