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w8ji.tom wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> > I described such a procedure about 1 week ago on this reflector. I use
> > the AEA RF Analyst and cut the lengths using the Return Loss measurement
> > feature. Works fine.
>
> Why use the return loss feature, instead of the more accurate reactance
> mode?
Humm, not familiar with that mode. Does the AEA RF-1 have such a mode?
>
> Or are you cutting the stubs as a "package deal" into an absolutely perfect
> test load and pruning for a repeat of the perfect load's SWR?
Not sure what a "package deal" is. But I am pruning in parallel with a
perfect load (a Weinchel 50 Ohm load) to minimize the effect of the
T-connected cable...so the dummy load does not "see" the cable.
>
> 73 Tom
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