wrote:
John Popelish wrote:
(snip)

I would very much like to see a more complete report on the
measurements you have made, in relation to this thread.

The problem is always time. I'm at the busiest time of the year for me,
so everything that isn't a fore is sitting. I really swore I wouldn't
get involved in an ungoing three year debate, but here I am anyway. I
guess I needed a break from a constant string of projects all with
tight deadlines.

I can appreciate that. I have recently gotten sucked into a wide
ranging study of ferrite rod antenna basics, and am having trouble
finding time to go to work or to bed. Almost every preconceived
notion I had about them I have been able to disprove by direct
measurement. Very educational.


I am sure I
would learn from seeing that. I tried to find an operating manual or
application note on the network analyzer you used, but found little
that was helpful to teach me how it works, and how one applies it.
(snip)

This is the closest manual I could find.

http://www.home.agilent.com/cgi-bin/...OUNTRY_CODE=US

For this:

http://www.home.agilent.com/USeng/na...881282/pd.html

I'll take a good look at these.

Agilent seems to obsolete things after seven years.

I have some useful equipment. Including an Impedance test set I paid
about 20K for in the 90's. It directly measures almost anything you
would every want to know.
(snip)

So far, I am working with an RF volt meter, a signal generator or two,
and an antique Boonton 160A Q meter. But I am finding lots of ways to
put them to use. I would love to have a vector volt meter or vector
impedance meter. A network analyzer is way beyond my budget.