John Popelish wrote:

I appreciate the correction. I am weak in the area of RF
instrumentation, but am learning fast. It is an area I have somehow
avoided for a long time, but am getting interested in it, lately.

Good. It is an interesting area of electronics. If you are comfortable
with RF circuitry, RF instrumentation is only a small additional step.

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 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. It
seems to have 4 signal connectors (if I am interpreting what I have
found, correctly) and I can interpret your web account to mean several
possible things, so I am still under a bit of a cloud, here. Your
tutelage is much appreciated.

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

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.

The nice thing about having test gear is being able to build almost
anything. I have it because of work. You can do a lot with almost
nothing except a vector voltmeter and a test fixture, but the automated
measurements save me time.

73 Tom