[Elecraft] OT: interesting thread on TT reflector

2007-09-19 Thread DOUGLAS ZWIEBEL
This post caught my eye. http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/tentec/2007-September/076862.html Here is the link for the monthly archive http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/tentec/2007-September/date.html de Doug KR2Q ___ Elecraft mailing list Post

RE: [Elecraft] OT: interesting thread on TT reflector

2007-09-19 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
If there's an electronic part that seems marginal based on how it works, it's got to be an electrolytic capacitor. Instead of having plates electrically isolated by a separate insulator, electrolytics depend upon a very thin film of oxide forming on one plate to insulate it from the other.