[sdiy] C0G/NP0 caps for VCOs

[Paul Anderson]

NP0's see a lot of use in ham radio circuits. Without them, sometimes the oscillator will refuse to start. Oscillators are strange and temperamental beasts. 

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> On Oct 14, 2013, at 12:12 PM, Ian Fritz <ijfritz at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> At 06:13 AM 10/14/2013, Andre Majorel wrote:
>> I don't know what you folks have been using for VCOs lately but
>> these look like a pretty good substitute for polystyrene
>> capacitors :
> 
> Most of us have been using COG/NP0 for many years now.  I did careful comparisons in high-performance VCOs and didn't see any difference from PS.
> 
> Ian 
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