Theirs is a lot difference in a ceramic cap that a door knob cap.
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From: Jerry Haigwood
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:17 PM
To: 'Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment'
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fw: Need Caps for Titan II Please
Mouser.com will have them a lot cheaper! A 330pF ceramic cap at 6KV only
costs 73 cents!
Jerry W5JH
"building something without experimenting is just solder practice"
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From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
k3miy@csonline.net
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:54 AM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Fw: Need Caps for Titan II Please
Bob and others
On pg 43 of the latest RF Parts catalog, there are 300 PF\7.5KV caps for
less than 20 bucks.
ron
K3MIY
Quoting Cecil <chacuff@cableone.net>:
I would start at RF parts...
They normally keep a decent supply...
Cecil
K5DL
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On Apr 11, 2013, at 9:53 AM, "Bob Good" <k4bg@planters.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Bob Good
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 15:26
> To: Tentec@contesting.com ; Amp Reflector
> Subject: Need Caps for Titan II Please
>
> I own a T-T Model 416 Titan II Amp and having a problem. It started
> with
an burning arc located at the bottom of the 160 / 80 Meter coil at the
junction of the 1/4 inch tubing coil. It carboned the bottom of the
coil form. I removed the one chassis mount and reconnected the two
coils soldering the junction. I have not a clue as to what caused the
problem.
All functional parameters seemed fine. HV without RF drive, no arc.
start applying power and buzzzzz and stinky smoke. In the process of
my clumsy attempt at repair I assume I moved two of the ceramic
loading caps to where they arced to the screw post on the tuning
variable cap resulting in another stinky arc which apparently cooked
the caps. When I cleared the caps by folding them back towards the PC
board, I have no arc but no output either.
I hope the only damage is the two caps which are C-6 and C-8 on the
Load capacitor shunt board each 320 pf. A call to Paul at T-T produced no
joy.
They do not have the c
ap
> s. Therefore.... does anyone have a couple of suitable caps I
> might
purchase or information as to where to go to find them? Any
additional comments would also be much appreciated. Thanks for reading
and your help.
(All info correct on QRZ) Regards, Bob K4BG.
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