Why not put the two you have in there now in series? That would equal 750 pf, with plenty of voltage and current capability.
73, Barrie, W7ALW ----- Original Message ----- From: "A.R.S. - WA5AM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 11:01 AM Subject: [AMRadio] Transmitting Mica F2 -vs- G2 types > I am getting ready to convert my Gates BC-1T to 75 and 160 and need > some opinions on the loading cap. The 1T uses fixed capacitance and a > variable inductor for loading. I need about 750 pF for the loading > cap on 75 meters. The original loading caps (two in parallel) are G2 > micas at 8000 vdc, however they are both 1500 pF. I have a type F2B > that is 800 pF at 6000 vdc, that would be close enough, but I'm afraid > it may not handle the current. The F2 is a much smaller unit than the > G2's that are in there now. Anyone have any opinions on what the F2 > can handle? Being on a higher freq. than original design I think the > 6KV rating might be okay, but I'm still concerned with the current > rating of the F2 as opposed to the type G2. > > Nebraska Surplus has what I'm looking for, but they want $175 for it. > > Thanks, > Brian / wa5am > > > -- > "Money is only temporary, but radios are forever" - Jim Little aka > "the old dog"/K5BAI > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
