Topband: End of a bias tee adventure?

[Bruce]

Years ago when I did in my MFJ meter, 50 ohms was reading 40 ohms. It was a 
real chore to change out the bad diode and calibrate.

73
Bruce-K1FZ
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Smith N4ZR" <n4zr at contesting.com>
To: "topband reflector" <Topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 9:57 AM
Subject: Topband: End of a bias tee adventure?


> After making all of the recommended changes, I hooked up my MFJ and got
> >650 readings regardless.  When connected to a 75 ohm dummy load, it
> reads completely normally, as does shorting the input (R=0_  If I had 
> managed to damage the MFJ with DC voltage on the input, would you expect 
> no readings at all (>650 everywhere)?
>
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