Wanna sell some of that coax?
;-)
Michael, Coreen & Corey Smith
(VE9AA, VE9AAA & Baby-VE9)
271 Smith Rd
Waterville, NB
E2V 3V6
Canada
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----- Original Message -----
From: Al Williams <alwilliams@olywa.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 5:50 AM
Subject: [TowerTalk] coax attentuation
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Al Williams" <alwilliams@olywa.net>
> To: <Topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 11:21 PM
> Subject: coax loss
>
>
> I have been trying to determine signal loss in coax by using a dual trace
> oscilloscope (Tek 465) connected to the input and output of the coax.
> However, instead of a loss I
> am observing a gain!
>
> My setup is using a MFJ-249 SWR Analyzer as the source and a BNC 51 ohm
> resistor connected to the source. The opposite end of the coax is
> connected
> to the scope and a 51 ohm carbon resistor with short leads. Both
resistors
> measure low swr (<l.2) with the MFJ.
>
> The waveforms on input and output of the coax appear undistorted
sinewaves
> but the output is greater than the input for frequencies up to about 30
> mhz. The output
> increases as the coax length increases being about 20% greater with 130'
of
> LM400. The MFJ
> measures SWR of about 2:1 (note; the two 50 ohm resistors at input and
> output are in
> parallel.
>
> Has anyone used this method? What might be wrong with my setup?
>
> k7puc
>
>
>
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