MFJ-259B failure - Diodes?
At 10MHz, I get the following:
Open: R 255 S 003 Z 248
Shorted: R 232 S 255 Z 001
Decent 50 ohm termination: R 001 S 127/128 Z 121
At 3 MHz my 100pF +/- 10% capacitor reads164-j530 ohms on the Impedance
display ... it seems to get X right... Furthermore, setting the meter
to capacitance makes it read about 108pF... but there's this big
resistive component.
In the test menu, this cap reads R 255 S 023 Z 247 at 3 MHz
So maybe I just need an alignment... I suppose it wouldn't hurt to try
it if I can scare up some precision terminations.
I wouldn't consider these numbers "way off" ... this reading of
resistance at low frequencies had got me worried that something was way
wrong, but will an alignment fix this? I guess I can check through
the W8JI alignment procedure with the proper loads before I start
twiddling things.
Dan
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