[BC] Problems that make you want to scream!

[Bill Croghan]

A high SWR indication on my Moseley 950 system went away on the Moseley when
I added a short jumper length of cable to insert the Bird meter in line.
The bird did not indicate much reflected at all.  It was acting like a
matching section I guess.  I didn't bather to calculate the correct Matching
length, but rather just fixed the system.  At 950 MHz it's practically
witchcraft at times.
Bill Croghan CPBE WB?KSW
Chief Engineer, 
KOMP/KXPT/KENO/KBAD
Lotus Broadcasting
Las Vegas, NV
Email to loteng (at) lvradio.com
Phone 702-315-3030
Fax      702-876-6685

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>Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:45 AM
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>Subject: Re: [BC] Problems that make you want to scream!
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>>> see if I can see any change in characteristics.  At 950 MHz it's
>possible that a carbon sooty connector could be providing a load, rendering
>>>the  VSWR readings meaningless.
>>I've never seen that. That's a good one for my mental files.
> File it along with the fact that if the line is long enough, the
> normal line loss will mask VSWR and render a reading meaningless !
> ( especially at and above UHF )
>--
>Cowboy
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