RE: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-24 Thread Steve
- From: Phil Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:19 PM To: Steve Subject: RE: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun) Do you mean 25 uF? A 25 Farad capacitor would be about the size of a beer barrel

RE: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Rock
: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun) No, I wrote correctly. 25 FARADS. But, this is SMALL in comparison. Elna offers 600F @ 2.5V. About 5 long x 1.5 diameter! YES, 600 Farads. I kid you not. I did a double-take on this one. Really! See

Re: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-24 Thread Fred Jensen
Steve wrote: No, I wrote correctly. 25 FARADS. But, this is SMALL in comparison. Elna offers 600F @ 2.5V. About 5 long x 1.5 diameter! YES, 600 Farads. I kid you not. I did a double-take on this one. Really! See: http://www.elna.co.jp/en/ct/pdf/DPe.pdf Hmmm ... I wonder what the

Re: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-24 Thread Jack Brindle
in the super capacitor field. Kevin. KD5ONS -Original Message- From: Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 24, 2006 5:19 PM To: 'Phil Kane' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun) No, I wrote correctly. 25 FARADS

Fw: Re: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-24 Thread Kevin Rock
-Forwarded Message- From: Kevin Rock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 24, 2006 7:09 PM To: Jack Brindle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun) But, much like the muzzle of a firearm, you do not want to be close when

Re: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-24 Thread Bob Nielsen
@mailman.qth.net Subject: RE: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun) No, I wrote correctly. 25 FARADS. But, this is SMALL in comparison. Elna offers 600F @ 2.5V. About 5 long x 1.5 diameter! YES, 600 Farads. I kid you not. I did a double-take on this one. Really! See: http

Re: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-24 Thread Phil Kane
On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:58:53 -0800, Bob Nielsen wrote: I remember in my high school physics class (1955) the instructor (ex- W7TSZ) told us that it might be possible to build a ONE farad capacitor, but it would be as big as the classroom. Times have really changed! The materials have changed

RE: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-23 Thread Steve
, and truly looks useful! Steve Aa8af -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] net] On Behalf Of Steve Jackson Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:47 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun) I've

[Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-22 Thread Steve Jackson
I've never seen one before, but I am curious ... http://www.gigaparts.com/parts/profile.php?sku=zgr-hsp-1a No relationship with the vendor or manufacturer, YMMV, etc. ... if someone out there has one, please tell what you think. This would be *awfully* handy for portable use. Steve KZ1X/4 K2

RE: [Elecraft] potentially interesting (sorry, bad pun)

2006-03-22 Thread Don Wilhelm
Steve, It looks like 'specsmanship' to me - I looked hard at the 5 amps continuous rating and then looked at the high current duty cycle specified and concluded that it will not support a continuous string of dots no matter how you slice it. Duty cycle/sec is a unit of measure that I have never