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Old December 13th 03, 12:48 AM
Rick Andrews
 
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Default Newbie: question about old shortwave converter schematics

I'm new to shortwave, so if I sound like an idiot, it's because I am...
Anyway,
I found a schematic/howto to build a SW converter for car radio. From the
looks of it, it was done sometime in the very early 90's. It includes a
10.7 MHz IF transformer, and a NE602.
One of the parts listed is a ".047 æF" cap, and although my electronics
knowledge is decent, one of the holes in it is what the "æ" represents.
(Yeah, I know uF is microfarad, nF is nanofarad, pF is picofarad, etc. Just
never ran across something with the æ before.)
From what I scraped together with Google, it's the same as a 47 pF. Thought
I'd check with experts to be sure, though.

To avoid confusion since there are a few of these schematics floating
around, this is the author's info from the public domain statement included
with the other files I am using:

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M. Cooper
3425 Chestnut Ridge R.
Grantsville, MD 21536-9801
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Email:

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(The email comes back nonworking)
Thanks in advance for any help!
- Rick