"Extra Functionality! - What "Extra Functionality" do you
envisage in a variable capacitor?!!!!!

"Brian Reay" wrote in message
...

New approaches to existing designs should offer one or more of:
Extra functionality

You don't seem to have the qualities that makes
for a _REAL_ Radio Ham, OM!

There are no labour costs when you do things for yourself!

There are no machining costs in cutting up a CD with a pair of scissors.

"Brian Reay" wrote in message
...

For most things, the cost of materials is not a cost driver- the cost of
the
material in a variable capacitor is dwarfed by the labour and machining
costs.

"David Edmonds" wrote in message
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Airy R.Bean wrote:

I wonder if there is any mileage to be had from adapting
the numerous junk-mail CD's as the vanes of ATU
capacitors?

So you've given up on using them to make 30 line television systems then?

Do a web search about this - plenty of info - though you claim you don't
web search.

And if your realy bored http://www.scitoys.com/

"David Edmonds" wrote in message
...
Airy R.Bean wrote:

I wonder if there is any mileage to be had from adapting
the numerous junk-mail CD's as the vanes of ATU
capacitors?

So you've given up on using them to make 30 line television systems then?


Just like the TMC days. One daft idea after another.

"Airy R.Bean" wrote in message
...
I wonder if there is any mileage to be had from adapting
the numerous junk-mail CD's as the vanes of ATU
capacitors?

These would be the CDs returned with your defective, over priced, operating
system on them?

You can always tell when Gareth has lost the game and is wound up - lots of
posts sent in anger.

I love it.

Just like the TMC days.

"Brian Reay" wrote:

: Etching plates on PCB and using the fibre glass for the mechanical side is
: maybe a better idea.


hey everybody...brian has made capacitors (or is that capacitErs ?)

"Brian Reay" wrote:

: "Radio Man" wrote in message
: news:SbyFd.20564$lG.19133@trnddc03...
: I wonder if there is any merit in using aluminum foil
: duct tape to make a capacitor?


well done!

you got a BIG BITE with that one.

Nimrod wrote:
You can always tell when Gareth has lost the game and is wound up - lots of
posts sent in anger.

Yes - I thought that too - from a very 'constructive' response to one
that has a pop-shot at Brian's former employment for no reason at all
then, despite Airy's "I don't attack" claims, gets straight in there
with the 'bull****ting' line. Oh well. Obviously the Special Brew has
worn off.

He'll be along claiming malicious deleting next....;-)

David.

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:50:33 -0000, "Nimrod" wrote:


You can always tell when Gareth has lost the game and is wound up - lots of
posts sent in anger.

I love it.

Just like the TMC days.

The reason for the multiple posts is that it's the only way he can
top-post responses to individual points made in the previous post. I
think his record is about 10 replies to one post. And still he thinks
top-posting is the way to go.