Re: Build own capacitors

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Original poster: "Rich" <rdjmgmt@xxxxxxxxxx>

Ed , it think I have the right link this time. I should have said the
amp group at yahoo, what I put in the first time was not a real link ,
sorry for the confusion.
FYI the 12Kv variable capacitor I made is for RF use, not tesla use. An
air variable for tesla use would be pretty big, but fun to build. Opps!
I hope I don't start any thing when I talk about building a cap.
Go to the page, then click on "PHOTO" in the left hand box, then "PARTS
IS PARTS" folder.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rfamplifiers/

Rich, from the middle of Missouri"

   That link worked fine but the photos are "members only" so I'll 
have to work that out.

Ed

   By the way, there are some photos around which show the air 
dielectric capacitor used in one of the very early Marconi 
transatlantic "wireless" stations.  Metal plates hanging vertically 
in a house-like room.  I'll see if I can find the location and the 
capacitance, which I seem to remember as a pretty good fraction of a 
microfarad.  That would work great for a giant TC!