In the case of the capacitors in question I use my Heath C-3 capacitor tester. So far it has been useable on some of this stuff.
I have not seen a postage stamp capacitor in a REALL LONG time. Maybe if I start restoring more old radios I will see some. But I will replace them with DMs. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, "Real Radios Glow in the Dark" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] formula values > On Feb 8, 2008 1:21 PM, Bob Macklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > BTW: > > DM style mica capacitors are marked in two ways. One is like 100 = 100pf. > > The other is like 101 = 100pf. That one can be confusing. > > Yep, and the old body-end-dot resistor code, colored dots on the old > postage stamps, mmf used instead of pf on schematics, plenty to > remember. Not a big deal if you use it regularly. If not, it can be > quite a challenge at times. > > ~ Todd, KA1KAQ > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
