[TowerTalk] RG-58 capacitor

[Bryan Swadener]

When I homebrewed a trap dipole, I used stubs of RG8-ish 
coax as capacitors. I trimmed the stubs using a pair of 
wire cutters. However, when I hit it with power, the cut end of 
the stubs arced. I learned that I needed to trim only the jacket 
and shield. 
 
vy 73, 
Bryan WA7PRC 

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Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 21:44:05 -0700
From: Jim K9YC
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] RG-58 capacitor

And, of course, if the capacitor is in a circuit carrying high power, 
you'll need to compute things like voltage breakdown ...