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Old February 21st 11, 04:46 PM posted to sci.electronics.design,rec.radio.amateur.homebrew
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Default help designing gimmick capacitor

On Feb 21, 11:18*am, "amdx" wrote:
wrote:
On Feb 20, 11:14 am, "amdx" wrote:


Just the twisted gimmick itself is probably all you'll need. *The
bootstrapping is lagniappe.


* I tried a twisted pair of #26 wire and got way more capacitance then I
wanted.


Just half a twist is likely enough--regular twisted pair is way too
tightly coupled.

[...]


I have two more boards and boxes, I'll build a bootstrapped version for the
next design.
* * I'll be back, I might try one with a gain of 1 and one with a gain of
maybe 10.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Mikek


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James Arthur