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Old 05-10-2007, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill R
I am not sure adding a cap is the right thing to do. Yes it makes it work, but consider this, at one time the set worked without the cap.
If it's a new or replacement crystal, it may have a different characteristic, and that the manufacturer intended it to have different capicitive loading. Crystals come in different flavors, paralle or series resonant, and so on. So the extra cap may be called for.
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