Hi Ancel,
If everyone can be patient for a few hours more I will test both of those Tektronix cables on a 7S12
TDR along with a couple of commercial cables (Pomona for instance) so we can see what the
differences are in qualitative terms.
Dennis Tillman W7PF
Having got one of the fancy Tek cables we've been discussing, I tried precisely that a couple of years
ago with my 7S12. I could find absolutely no difference at all between that and bog standard cables.
No distributed reflections, no connector reflection difference into a precision, wideband 50-ohm load
(the one that comes with a 1502 TDR).
The only thing that that the super-expensive Tek cable has going for it is that you can be sure that
it is going to work perfectly, and is ruggedly built.
Craig
