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using an HP 8405A to measure SWR ?
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 21:35:40 GMT, Owen Duffy wrote:
On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:25:48 -0700, Wes Stewart wrote: Owen Let me pick a nit or two. ... Firstly, thanks for posting AN 77-3, it is a long time since I read it, and have little recollection of the recommended low frequency test setup. The HP 11549A is described as a power splitter, so I am guessing that it is some kind of hybrid (ie as in hybrid transformer) that in that role, whilst splitting the power to the "output" ports, will prevent power flow between "output" ports, so isolating the A probe to some extent from the reflected wave on the unknown load side. Nothing so exotic www.k6mhe.com/n7ws/HP-11549.pdf Additionally, the 8491 attenuator in the load path will improve the return loss at the B side 11549A port, so that combination seems to be stabilising the loads presented to the splitter (which if it is a hybrid, improves is cross port isolation), and improving the RL by the action of the attenuator and splitter. Without knowing the loss in the 8491 (I know they were available in 10dB, but I think there were -3, -6, -10 and -20s), or the isolation across the splitter, it is hard to quantify the total isolation of reflected wave from the A probe. It may be that Dan should consider constructing a hybrid or Return Loss Bridge, whatever you want to call it, it will be cheaper and have less loss that a dual directional coupler for HF measurements. IIRC, the ARRL has some simple designs. Maybe, but I think Dan is trying some VHF measurements and the coupler approach is really the way to go. Wes |
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