Dave,
Some folks are getting all worked up over the small stuff.
Reminds me of what I was taught in the Air Force:? measure with a micrometer, mark with a grease pencil,
cut with a chain saw.
I remember a trip I took for several weeks to VA to stay with my grandson while his mother jetted off to EU
for 10 days.? I brought my handheld 2M, but could not hit the repeaters inside with the rubber duckie.? Found
some #22 wire, made a dipole for 2M, thumb tacked it to the wall up as high as I could, made "coax" with
the #22 as twisted pair.? Worked like a champ!
73
Glen K4KV
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On 3/4/2020 12:25, David Eckhardt wrote:
In that respect, after working decades above 50 MHz, 630 and 2200 meters is
a relief. Clip leads are not even seen by the RF energy.
Dave - W?LEV
On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 4:23 PM DougVL <K8RFTradio@...> wrote:
Aha! Great - I had wondered at the time I read it about the power
capacity of the N type. Since I don't have any, though, I wasn't motivated
to research it. Glad to know the truth now - thanks.
I know a lot of older (tube-type) test equipment used twin banana plugs.
Maybe the development of o'scopes that reached higher frequencies caused
the development of the shielded coaxial connector.
And I'm not sure I should even post this, drifted so far off topic. I do
think the original question was important, and the info about HF
measurements not being so critical of lead lengths for calibration.
Doug
