ORIGINAL MESSAGE: (may be snipped) On Fri, 08 Nov 2013 12:52:44 -0800, Jim wrote: >Are the tune and load capacitors too large? Are there vernier dials on >the caps? Are they air or vacuum caps? REPLY: This is one of the advantages of vacuum variables. As you approach the minimum, the change rate per turn gets less. Just what you want. 73, Bill W6WRT