TopBand: AEA Complex Impedance Analyzer (and MFJ)
Tom Rauch
w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 09:42:54 +0000
> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:39:41 -0400
Hi Craig,
> OK, I'm not an engineer but common sense suggests
<snip>
> Am I missing something here?
Yes. It won't work.
A bandpass filter acts like a transmission line of some
characteristic Zo and some length that generally changes with
frequency. It will not only mess up all the readings, it will mess
them up different amounts on different frequencies.
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com
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