[TowerTalk] LP-100 digital wattmeter with complex impedance display

Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 21 10:18:52 EST 2006


At 12:26 PM 3/20/2006, Larry Phipps wrote:
>Hi Jim. It's the version published in QEX except for the added circuitry
>and firmware to handle the phase detection and complex impedance calcs.
>It also uses a newer, faster PIC, and has the
>powder-coated/silk-screened enclosure mentioned in the article.


So it has the detectors at the remote head and a N-conductor cable back to 
the controller?  The QEX article talks about both.  The parts list in QEX 
is for the transformer coupler, but you've also got a section "continuing 
development" and a photo (Fig 11) of the stripline style coupler.

 >
> > Is the LP100 the version with the stripline coupler and the detectors
> > at the probe or the version with the dual transformer coupler and RF
> > going back to the box?
> >




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