I agree on the Russian doorknobs. They are nice components. FWIW, I got mine
from "QRO-stuff" on Ebay; he provides the screws for them at no additional cost.
Russ
KW6T
--- On Thu, 5/7/09, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] russian door knob caps for R Ftank circuit
> To: ka1mwp@comcast.net
> Cc: amps@contesting.com
> Date: Thursday, May 7, 2009, 7:36 AM
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Thu, 7 May 2009 07:14:18 -0400, "chuck" <ka1mwp@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> >I read thru about 6 months of backissues here but
> didn't see mention of the
> >russian door knob caps that are always on ebay.
> >Anyone know which ones and the markings on them are OK
> for hi current use?
>
> REPLY:
>
> I have eight of them in my homebrew 8877 amp and they are
> all
> excellent so far. I have three 3300 pF in use for plate
> coupling (to
> the pi-net) and HV DC bypass, and five 470 pF as padders
> for the load
> capacitor.
>
> There is nothing subtle about Russian doorknobs. They are
> built like a
> tank. I highly recommend them. Oddly, the 3300 pF use 10-32
> screws and
> the 470 pF use metric. Both of them came without screws, so
> be
> prepared.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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