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Cannot Adjust an IF Transformer’s cores
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That is a very pertinent consideration. After thinking for a few minutes, I may have a remedy. Capacitors in parallel are additive, whereas series capacitance is the reciprocal of the sum of reciprocals. If I need a total capacitance of 3.045pF to pair with a 33 μH inductor, I could alternatively use a fixed 2.2 pF capacitor in parallel with a series connected 1 pF trimmer cap and a 1 pF fixed capacitor. This will result in an adjustment range of 2.7pF to 3.3 pF. Still not as fine of a range as it could be, but it does narrow it down a bit. I could also try to select a different inductor in order to give myself a bit more leeway in capacitor selection. Perhaps a 22 μH inductor instead of a 33 μH one. This would allow me to increase the total capacitance ever so slightly.


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RE: Cannot Adjust an IF Transformer’s cores - by jrblasde - 07-30-2024, 09:22 PM
462ron - by 462ron - 08-01-2024, 06:33 AM
462ron - by 462ron - 08-01-2024, 07:44 AM
462ron - by 462ron - 08-02-2024, 07:09 AM
462ron - by 462ron - 08-03-2024, 06:49 AM
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462ron - by 462ron - 08-08-2024, 07:02 AM
462ron - by 462ron - 08-10-2024, 07:33 AM
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