[TowerTalk] Cap at the tower question

[W2RU - Bud Hippisley]

Clint Talmadge wrote:

>It has been my intention to mount the cap on the bottom of the Hazer...I found a 130-156 MFD 330 VAC cap that is larger than the original and will not fit in the control box....Is there a downside to mounting the cap outside?
>
Yes.  These caps have a terrible temperature coefficient and in very 
cold weather the capacitance is only a fraction of its nominal value.  
If you live in warm climates or use a capacitor with slightly greater 
room temperature capacitance you should be OK. 

FWIW, I have one mounted outside and it seems to work on my T2X even 
when it's well below zero (F).

Bud, W2RU