Cecil Moore wrote:

: W9DMK (Robert Lay) wrote:
:
: (ZZZPK)
: wrote:
: capacitance is prop to gap between plates.
:
: I think you meant that it's inversely proportional to the gap between
: the plates.
:
: I've made the same mistake - said "capacitance" when I really
: meant "capacitive reactance".
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capacitance and capacitive reactance are two separate things.

one is always there and the other needs something else