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Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
On checking, I can't find anything either. Perhaps I read it elsewhere - an NPL document for example. The SI document is searchable, and a search of volts, watts, moles, amperes does not find any such
By Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd · #330 ·
Re: Cal Lab Magazine - International Journal of Metrology
Thanks Dave, Looks good and informative, also seems unbiassed. I¡¯ve subscribed too, Dave Skone Sydney Australia
By Dave · #329 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Exactly. I can't imagine writing "The power dissipated is four watt." That's why I'm asking David to point me to a specific reference that prohibits pluralizing unit names. Just for reference, here's
By Tom Lee · #328 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
But by unit symbols do they not mean W for Watt or omega for ohm?? I can understand? 2 W. Amd not 2 Ws but not 2 Watt instead of 2 Watts.? ?I thin there is a misreading there.? I.e. confusion
By Richard Knoppow · #327 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Hi Dave, Thank you for the feedback, an amended version is attached. 1. The input power of watt is rounded to the nearest integer - it would be useful if it allowed a few decimal places, as entering
By Rodger Bean <rodgerbean@...> · #326 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Thanks, but I already noted that explicitly in the first paragraph of my post. My question is not about the *symbols*, but about the *units when spelled out*. David asserted that the BIPM says that
By Tom Lee · #325 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
The Style Manual, the Australian Government Publishing Service document, states quite categorically that SI unit symbols never take a plural s (Wiley Australia, 2002:184). This is based on
By Brian · #324 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Nice calculator, thanks. Will be much better than looking for an on-line one when needed. If anyone is interested using small series capacitors to measure Q using the 3 db points, I have about 20,000
By John Kolb · #322 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Thanks for that, David. I do have a question about plurals, however. IEEE journal editorial practice explicitly disagrees with your rule about plurals when the unit is spelled out. The IEEE says to
By Tom Lee · #321 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
That's useful. Can I suggest a few improvements? 1) The input power of watt is rounded to the nearest integer - it would be useful if it allowed a few decimal places, as entering powers in nW or
By Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd · #320 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
I created this Excel spreadsheet to convert between Watts, Volts, dBm, dBmV and dBuV. It has simple protection applied to guard against accidental overwriting of a formula. There is no password
By Rodger Bean <rodgerbean@...> · #319 ·
Cal Lab Magazine - International Journal of Metrology
I don't know about others, but I was completely unaware of this. https://www.callabmag.com/ I was made aware of it by someone at METAS, who has published there. So if METAS publishes there, it is
By Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd · #318 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Well the box turned out a little silly, basically a short from BNC to BNC. I setup a series LC 230uh, 110pf (variable) I could not get a dip, (still unsure why, not my first rodeo) So, I installed a
By Mikek · #317 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Measurements using a single voltage measurement with an air coil may not be easily reproducible. Air coil selected at the time for computing Q using an online coil calculator.
By John KN5L · #316 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Thanks Steve, As I read EMRFD, the external 50 Ohm resistor is intended to be input Z of a Voltmeter or Spectrum Analyzer. The solutions I just posted is using a high Z oscilloscope as a voltmeter. It
By John KN5L · #315 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
The ARRL publication Experimental Methods in RF Design (aka EMRFD), first published around 2003, has the same? info on using notch depth to compute Q for a series or parallel circuit, p. 7.36,
By Steve Ratzlaff · #314 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
I knew an Alan Victor when I was in grad school at U of F. I wonder if he is the same one. 73 (Regards). Max K 4 O D S. I've Never Lost the Wonder. Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2022 7:26 AM To:
By MAX · #313 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
The external 50 ohm load resistor is not required, and increases solution complexity. https://www.kn5l.net/Inductor-Plots/VNWA-Measure/ Section "Voltage Ratio Q Measurement" is updated with new
By John KN5L · #312 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Thank you. I will delete the poorer version I created from the photographs. RF Volt meters are much less common than power meters or VNAs. Given both ends are terminated in 50 ohm, this seems more
By Dr. David Kirkby, Kirkby Microwave Ltd · #311 ·
Re: Making a Q-meter / References etc
Ron, many thanks for the clean copy of the article. 73, Stay Safe, Robin, G8DQX
By G8DQX list · #310 ·