[Amps] Replacing padder caps on an Alpha 77DX/SX

[Jim Thomson]

Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 09:56:35 -0500
From: Jim <jimw7ry at gmail.com>
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Replacing padder caps on an Alpha 77DX/SX

<Put your money where your mouth is Jim..

<Please send a link that includes prices that I can order.

<Thanks
<73
<Jim W7RY

##  Prices have gone up.  $19.00   to  $21.00   for  HT-50 /  58  series.
https://www.surplussales.com/Capacitors/Trans_Coup_Caps/cap_doorknob.html

##  some more possibilities.   https://fairradio.com/capacitors/doorknob-capacitors/

##  Max  gain systems  doesn’t have a lot of stuff in stock. https://mgs4u.com/product/type-dcc507-201k-capacitor/

##  well heres  a big mother of a cap..and  un-used too.  https://fairradio.com/product/t028816006/

##  Plenty more on ebay, and various other sources. 

##  I bought  case loads of new  HEC  HT-57s a while back,  in  200 / 500/ 1500  pf  @  15 kv.  $40.00
each, but I see they too have increased   for new ones.   Typ used for plate block applications.

##  But for  padding a load cap, the high V rating is not required,  so paralleling some of your suggested lower V,
high current types is yet another option. 

Jim   VE7RF