Re: Newark ebay capacitor: primary tank capacitor?

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Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

That would be a bad capacitor choice for a tank circuit. It's a filter cap,
which are for filtering, not RF use. In the spirit of Newark service, they
always omit the part number of what they are selling too. Whoops. Still,
don't use those caps.

KEN

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Subject: Newark ebay capacitor: primary tank capacitor?


 > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
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http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2597989262&category=4662
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 > could that capacitor(in series obviously) handle the stresses of primary
 > tank capacitor duties? Also, can some1 point me to reference so I can
 > convert uf to nf, pf and uf, and so on? I know 10^-9 is nano and 10^-6 is
 > micro but that doesnt mean much to a mid class geometry student.
 >
 >
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