5" high voltage butterfly capacitor kit for a magnetic loop antenna VA6POP

[@eugenepohjola258]

Howdy. That baby is the mother of capacitors ... Regards.

[@zeferpp1rd572]

Beautiful! Congratulations! From Brazil- PP1RD - Joe

[@splortz]

Doubles as a hard boiled egg slicer that handles a half dozen eggs at once.

[@E_Myself_And_Irene]

cuts homemade bread as well.

[@1903A3shooter]

Very nice looking work and caps, sure like to hear a bit of chatter from you on what you are doing, makes for a more interesting video. W4GSM

[@OnTheAir]

Can't get a feeling for the max and min capacitances. How about stopping the caps at max and min instead of the useless spinning with the capacitance meter trying to keep up?

[@aridunyasi1274]

What does achieving minimum capacity depend on?

[@jorgeroger349]

Very good video, thank you very much, what I could not find is how to cut the plates, since there are not always places to cut them.

[@Aplonis]

KY8D here with ideas for enhancement. First there's the problem of electrical resistance. All of those physical joins. And aluminum stays shiny because of a micro-thin layer of oxide corrosion (which is basically saphire, and highly resistant). How about maybe using a product called AlumiWeld to join all those sections along one edge (maybe even across the stacked spacers) direcly to a lengh of Cu bar stock (or even Cu pipe)? That separately for the stator and rotor. Electrically and physically then, each would be a single piece. Resistance problem solved. Anyhow, I'm going to try this. Won't be for a few months, though. So thought I'd mention. Secondly, may I suggest laser cutting as an alternative to CNC machining for all of those plates? Cheaper by half. Maybe only a little more than buying a Russian surplus vaccuum variable...but without the bellows fatigue-life shortfall. Just my ideas, for what they're worth.

[@iblesbosuok]

Ĝan Ŭesli Starling , why don't we use brass materials? God bless

[@tim1398]

@@iblesbosuok - www.bluesea.com/resources/108/Electrical_Conductivity_of_Materials

[@carmelpule6954]

Excellent product .Congratulations. I would have rounded up the edges and the corners to stop discharge at the higher voltages.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

that's a gigantic tuning capacitor! how much do something like that cost?

[@memey1697]

your mother in law's age

[@Biokemist-o3k]

I run into you again...lol I am following a path that I hope will lead me back to where I was a few years ago when Grandpa Don was around. I have to say that I know for a fact that the B+W coils are magick. You may know what I am talking about. I had friends that did research on RF coils and the original research on those types of coils is very enlightening. believe that Don's were hiding a structural secret. One coil was copper and the other was aluminum. These capacitors are great but the ones that I have seen work better are made of PCB blanks. There is a video on them. These will do exactly what you need them to do. I also found out the hard way that we need 50kv/20amp diodes after the full wave center tap. My working builds used coils and diodes as well as capacitors from Grandpa Don and now he is gone so I have to reevaluate the values of everything used. I was privy to so much and I did not even realize it at the time.

[@Biokemist-o3k]

Beautiful air capacitors my friend!! Are you still around?

[@Lindomar850]

good night mate, all right? Which machine do you use to cut aluminum sheets? thanks PU5RSL

[@5940-c7w]

I want to buy one of them from you. I need at least 10-125pf, 10kv at How can I get in touch with you?

[@Zeka.PP5ZK]

very good

[@E_Myself_And_Irene]

would have been better with some conversation about what was the spec and such.

[@drewvonada-smith6336]

For a loop, all those connections should be welded/soldered.

[@grahamrdyer6322]

Do you know I was thinking of making one myself but it's getting the plates cut put me off. Thanks for the video.

[@wadepatton2433]

hire a water jet. supply the metal.

[@jimself1954]

Thanks for doing this for us. KW4PW

[@m1aws]

What was that, 17 to 53pf?

[@survivalcanada2347]

still in business?I got no reply to an email

[@aliadnan4906]

I need this type of capacitor

[@geshanet]

Хорошие кондетсаторы

[@cosimonisi5016]

the minimal capacity is big

[@Dazzwidd]

That's what I thought. You're not going to get very great tuning range

[@jjpfeuffer]

Do you offer the kit for sale?

[@vasilepop4369]

Joe Pfeuffer Yes I do>

[@waltergiergont5611]

How to calculate Tuning Capacitor?

[@josephstellini6911]

Walter Giergont

[@ВитяЛазаренкоКонстантинови-я6й]

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[@cosimonisi5016]

plexiglas ist no god

[@jayfmiller]

Plexiglas is not optimum but true Lexan works well.

[@iblesbosuok]

Pertinax gives better and more consistent performance. God bless