Thread: Using Oscilloscope to Detect Common Mode Current
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Old June 8th 09, 04:12 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Using Oscilloscope to Detect Common Mode Current
dykesc wrote in news:db3e01e5-1866-4e43-a795-
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equipment I have is an oscilloscope. Would it be possible to wrap
several turns of light gauge enameled wire around the jacket of the
coax at my operating position, attach the oscope probes and detect and

Do you understand that the common mode current is a standing wave. What if
you measured it at only one location, and that happened to be a deep
minimum... what would that tell you?

Owen
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