Re: Build own capacitors

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Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx 

In a message dated 12/16/05 11:14:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:


> 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!

    Check this out, from the archives:

<http://www.pupman.com/listarchives/1997/january/msg00383.html>http://www.pupman.com/listarchives/1997/january/msg00383.html

    Neatest thing about running an air-dielectric cap is using it as 
the spark gap as well!

-Phil LaBudde