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kiwi_steve
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03-03-2016, 11:04 PM

(03-03-2016, 05:28 AM)Arran Wrote: <snip> they do not have to be mica at 455 KC precision ceramic will work fine. </snip>

Arran - just to clarify (for my own knowledge), when you say precision ceramic I assume you mean NP0 or some other tight temperature spec ceramic? Tube radios get warm... and 'warm' changes the capacitance, albeit to a different degree with different cap types... which is one of the reasons I believe silver mica's are used - because they don't drift much with temperature change...

I'm inclined to replace silver mica with silver mica, but NP0 ceramics (or equivalent) I believe are ok? Or the old tubular ceramics? I did try to find some NP0 caps down here in Hobbit land but they were 500 minimum order quantity... which was about 498 more than I needed.

Stunning radio by the way - we (to the best of my knowledge) never got those down here in NZ... might be something to import one day.

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Thunder crashing 1401 - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 03-02-2016, 11:57 PM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by Radioroslyn - 03-03-2016, 01:53 AM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by Arran - 03-03-2016, 05:28 AM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by kiwi_steve - 03-03-2016, 11:04 PM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by Arran - 03-04-2016, 05:00 AM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by Paul Philco322 - 03-04-2016, 09:26 PM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by codefox1 - 03-05-2016, 10:16 AM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by OZ4 - 03-05-2016, 12:38 PM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by radiohenry - 03-05-2016, 05:06 PM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by Radioroslyn - 03-05-2016, 07:59 PM

RE: Thunder crashing 1401 - by NostalgiaRadioTime - 03-06-2016, 01:50 AM

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