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Re: Topband: New MFJ 259C available

To: "'Carl'" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>, <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: New MFJ 259C available
From: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham@nc.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:53:42 -0500
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Those should surely be accurate enough, but what kind of connectors?

Charlie, K4OT V

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From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 2:41 PM
To: jim@audiosystemsgroup.com; topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: New MFJ 259C available

Can HP microwave loads be used? I have a set good to 24 GHz and another to 
50 GHz.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
To: <topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: New MFJ 259C available


> On 3/4/2014 7:25 AM, Paul Christensen wrote:
>> My only concern with the VNWA is in its ability to measure Topband 
>> antenna systems where sweeps are required into the AMBC band.
>
> I'm a VERY happy owner of the 3E model VNWA. I've made measurements on my 
> 160M antennas with no difficulty, but I'm out in the boonies, not close 
> enough to strong BC signals to have seen any issues.
>
> As to precision of calibration loads -- after I got the VNWA, I did a 
> search looking for calibration loads, and quickly learned that if you want

> better than 1% precision, it's easy to spend as much for the load as for 
> the VNWA itself!
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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