On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 05:33 PM, Dr. David Kirkby from Kirkby Microwave Ltd wrote:
To now there are two options
* $28 for a board that will wear out after about 20 connections. (Date from
Hirose datasheet)
* $6 for one which will last 500 matings (Generally accepted lifetime of
SMAs)
Or three... Fit a RCA/0.1" pins/BNC/SO239/SMA (depends what freq range and what is to hand) to either side of a pcb and the DUT (Device Under Test) in between.
Even less than $6 probably assuming you have the PCB etc.
Before comments made about not using SMA yes I 100% understand you are not going to get ?100K kit/lab grade results with a couple old RCA either side of a random bit of PCB, indications probably at best, but then this is a ?50 device in the first place so got to set expectations perhaps? Think I made up and tested 1st HF BPF when and M3 using two RCA (with an expensive VNA) so I know it works, sort of.
72
Dom
M1KTA
