Ah yes the cap. Online costs have put me off the project for nearly a year. I just got the gumption to try and make my own butterfly capacitor, and it turned out pretty good for a first run at it. Of Course I did it wrong by using zinc plated hardware because I couldn't find bulk brass nuts. But just as a butterfly cap is works fine with about 25pf, and with the stators jumpered and used like a variable air cap it's 120pf. At out Ham Holiday I saw a high voltage commercial one like mine, but same capacitance. Anyhow the fear and mystery is gone, and I could make a bigger better one next time. Using a antenna calculator helps guess at the needed capacitance for what I will need next time. That one was just a (can I do it) kind of thing. ?I am gonna check out that mag loop group and see if they got anything I can learn. ?Laters.
