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Old October 26th 06, 07:09 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Cecil Moore Cecil Moore is offline
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Default Hf Antenna Question - so what's the conclusion?

Ian White GM3SEK wrote:
The 854 that I reviewed for Radcom was the same. We both got one that
had the core assembled upside-down, so instead of showing you how to
snap the plastic catch open, the instruction manual shows you how to
break it.


I'm trying to figure out how I can make more effective
measurements on coiled coax chokes with the equipment
that I presently have. I can measure the impedance with
my MFJ-259B if it is less than 650 ohms.

I also have a GDO. If I get an open circuit dip, would
that be the parallel resonant frequency? If I get a
short circuit dip, would that be the series resonant
frequency?

I also have a dual-trace 100 MHz Leader o'scope. I
should be able to find the resonant frequencies
by watching the voltage drop across a series resistor.
I also have the X-Y feature so I could look at the
source voltage, voltage across the choke, and voltage
across the resistor as the frequency is changed.

What do you think?
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73, Cecil, http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp