Great information, Rick! (Of course we still don't know about dissipation and heating at high power - unlike the situation in the 4815A. Of course guys running power could employ a thermal probe initially to investigate the heating.)
Good info! 73, Charlie, K4OTV -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Richard Karlquist Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2014 3:31 PM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Submerging variable caps in oil as substituteforvacuumvariables On 2014-02-02 05:58, Hardy Landskov wrote: > FYI All, > The HP4815A Vector Impedance Meter submersed the main tuning capacitor > I need to open mine up and replace one of the capacitors because the > oscillator will not start on the higher frequency ranges. I am gun shy > at this point until I know exactly what I am dealing with. > 73 Hardy N7RT The guy who knows everything about the 4815A is ex-HP'er George Sandford who is still in business supporting these classic instruments. If anyone would know about the oil, it would be him. He probably has some NOS oil on hand. See: www.hp4815a.com Rick N6RK _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband