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Umm, okay. Fully meshed position is max capacitance. Capacitors that max out suggest you need more coil, not less. Squeezing the turns closer together is the starting point, until they're close enough to risk touching. Then it's time to add a turn and compensate by spreading the turns back a bit. One whole turn tends to be a lot of correction. The "coarse" tune. Spreading the turns, or squeezing them together is the fine tune.

Oh, and digital meters are famous for getting "bled" by a nearby high-power RF source. You can't trust a reading that changes when the amplifier keys up, most often.

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[QUOTE="nomadradio, post: 753214, member: 22"] Umm, okay. Fully meshed position is max capacitance. Capacitors that max out suggest you need more coil, not less. Squeezing the turns closer together is the starting point, until they're close enough to risk touching. Then it's time to add a turn and compensate by spreading the turns back a bit. One whole turn tends to be a lot of correction. The "coarse" tune. Spreading the turns, or squeezing them together is the fine tune. Oh, and digital meters are famous for getting "bled" by a nearby high-power RF source. You can't trust a reading that changes when the amplifier keys up, most often. 73 [/QUOTE]

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