Re: Capacitor construction

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>

It's been used for who know how many years.  Not the best choice, but for 
cheap, it it will do nicely.  keep plenty of border between the plates to 
prevent arcing. 
mike. 

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>    Hi all! 
>    I'm new to the list and currently building my first coil. From What I 
> have 
> seen, MMC's are the capacitor of choice, but I was wondering if anyone has 
> experimented with glass plates with aluminum foil or brass sheets for the 
> electrodes. Both of these are in abundant supply in my shop and I'm trying 
> to 
> save a buck :) 
> Has anyone had any luck with this? is the dielectric constant of glass 
> sufficient to get a good Q in the primary? 
> TIA,