https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e67014dc-7bf3-4974-8081-5889fe1e84b9 Describing and demonstrating an old homebrew direct reading capacitance meter. It uses a 555 timer and would have been developed in the 1970s. Equipment like this was used by electronics enthusiasts when test equipment was expensive and many built their own. As you can see from the test it can still give accurate results after more than 20 years. PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube,, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv, or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 18:05:10 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e67014dc-7bf3-4974-8081-5889fe1e84b9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.