Topband: New MFJ 259C available

Carl km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Tue Mar 4 15:01:05 EST 2014


SMA for the 24GHz, open, thru and short. I also have high end adaptors to N, 
APC, etc.

There may even be an old type N cal kit from "back in the eighties"

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com>
To: "'Carl'" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>; <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>; 
<topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 2:53 PM
Subject: RE: Topband: New MFJ 259C available


> Those should surely be accurate enough, but what kind of connectors?
>
> Charlie, K4OT V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 2:41 PM
> To: jim at audiosystemsgroup.com; topband at 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 at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: <topband at 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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