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WHAT'S
THE CORRECT
VALUE?
On
page
60 of the "Build the Sound- Signal
Thermometer"
(January,
1969), Fig.
1
shows
Cl with a value
of
0.047 AF while
the
Parts
List describes
this as a 0.47 -1LF capacitor.
Which
value
is correct,
and what should
the
capacitor's
voltage
rating be?
STEVE
HIRSH
Hartsdale,
N.Y.
Every once in
a
while our
printer drops
a
zero,
and this was one of those
race occa-
sions.
The
actual value of Cl is 0.0117
1 F.
Since
this
is a disc
crrpercito?. of the
ceramic
variety, you don't
hare to worry
about volt-
age
rating. The source
voltage
for
the
ther-
mometer
circuit is only 9 volts,
and since the
lowest voltage
ceramic disc capacitor
rating
listed
in the catalogs is 50
volts, you can
use
any
disc capacitor
in this circuit
-provided
that the capacitance ralace
remains
the saane.
MULTIPATH PROBLEMS WITH
DOUBLE
ZEPP
I
built the
"Extended
Double Zepp
Anten-
na"
(January,
1969) for FM and
noticed an
increase in
signal
strength on the meter
of
my tuner when the antenna was connected.
However, I also noticed an annoying
multi -
path problem
due to people,
metal chairs,
and anything else
in the room.
Tuning the
transmission
line with aluminum
foil was no
help at all.
With a
little
experimenting,
I found that
if
I
dropped
20" of
each end
of the antenna
at a 90° angle to the plane of the antenna,
I not only eliminated the
multipath,
I also
obtained a tremendous
increase
in
gain.
Now
my
tuning
meter pegs even on weak stations.
CARL
L. CARTER
Evanston,
Ill.
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