For testing the big stuff (and perhaps for everything), ARRL commissions
members to buy the rig or whatever from a regular ham radio retailer
with no indication that it's for testing by ARRL. That way there's no
possibility for the manufacturer to supply a specially tweaked one or
one that's had more than the usual amount of Quality Control testing.
You'll then see ARRL auctioning these items off from time to time --
announced in QST.
73
Alan NV8A
On 04/14/09 06:16 pm Terry wrote:
> Sorry if this is a naive question but would the manufacturers loan you
> the items in the hope that your report would show the superiority of
> their product? Or do you have have to be an entity like the ARRL to
> warrant that?
>>> I am hoping one day that K9YC will present measured choking data for
>>> the most popular commercially-manufactured baluns including Balun Designs,
>>> ArraySolutions, and DXE.
>> I'll be happy to measure and publish them if someone sends them to me. There
>> is measured data the choking impedance of several high power DXE choke baluns
>> on my website in the Power Point on Coaxial Chokes.
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