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Old July 24th 06, 07:50 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Default Capacitors for HF Antenna

Bill Turner wrote:
You didn't give many details such as the bandwidth of the antenna, but
if you use the NP0 type ceramic capacitors you should be ok. Loops,
especially small ones, are notorious for narrow bandwidth and stable
caps are a must.


I once used disc ceramic bypass caps to try to tune an
antenna. They went up in flames. For a small loop, I
would at least use doorknob quality caps.
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