[time-nuts] Low temperature coefficient capacitors for DMTD

[Tom Holmes, N8ZM]

And if my recollection from my days running a product validation lab many
years ago is correct, the failure mode of most polycarbonate caps was
shorted and flaming.

Regards,

Tom Holmes, N8ZM
Tipp City, OH
EM79xx

-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Poul-Henning Kamp
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 5:12 PM
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Low temperature coefficient capacitors for DMTD

In message <20100125.140436.3508.5.cdelect at juno.com>, Corby Dawson writes:

>Most manufacturers no longer make polycarbonate capacitors.

The advent of CD's made polycarbonate ridiculously expensive and
priced them out of the market...


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