very handy when you are "bread-boarding" a new circuit design
And for those manufacturers who feel a real trimmer cap would be way too expensive.
-Hal
Don't get me started there Hal.
What ever happened to the old aluminium ganged tuning capacitors you USED to be able to buy?.
Oh sorry, I forgot, people don't BUILD anything themselves anymore, just buy it out of a store.
A LOT of electronics stores have forgotten where it was they came from and only offer cheap appliances.
Those that used to supply the "hobbyist" are quickly getting rid of their stocks of electronic components, even switches and the like, in favour of laptops, iPods and anything else to pander to the kids of the now.
Try this one for the laughs, go into your favourite electronics store and ask them for a "DPST switch with a contact rating of 20A per contact and a Neon indicator, in that switch"
I'd like to hear the result.