Re: Breadboarding

On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:11:22 GMT, the renowned Ben Jackson
<ben@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On 2008-09-23, John Larkin <jjlarkin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>>
>> You can get down to about 100 ps, 3 GHz or so, with Xacto knives and
>> copperclad. Kapton tape can be really helpful...
>
>Are you crazy??  I can't afford kapton tape!  ;-)
>
>But seriously, is there a supplier for kapton that's not $25-40/roll?

About $15 a 36-yard roll for 1/2" is easy (eg. McMaster), there are
some offshore sources for $5/roll landed but I'm not sure it's
actually Kapton (or generic polyimide) but maybe amber colored
polyester. 


Best regards, 
Spehro Pefhany
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