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Re: Topband: Wire antennas and antenna analyzers

To: "Gary Nichols" <kd9sv@comcast.net>, "'Tod'" <tod@k0to.us>,"'Tom Rauch'" <w8ji@contesting.com>,"'Topband 160'" <Topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Wire antennas and antenna analyzers
From: "Harold Smith" <w0rihps@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:29:28 -0500
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> Should'nt you also remove the resistor "before" placing either a capacitor
> or inductor across the input to see if the measured value is nearly the 
> same
> as the calculated value? De gary, kd9sv


Gary:

I should have said, put the capacitor or inductor in series with the 51 ohm 
resistor.
I tried it on my MFL-259B. I used a 150pf silver mica in series with a 51 
ohm resistor.
At 5, 10 and 20 MHz the capacitance reactance reading is very close to the 
calculated value.

73 Price WØRI 

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