Frank, Build your array of test equipment around your needs - and build it up as you have need.
If you are building kit radios, then you may only need a DMM and a good dummy load. OTOH, if you are designing and testing your own experimental designs or building from a schematic you discovered, you may need more than that. An oscilloscope is really a handy tool, and a frequency counter is also good to have. A precision dummy load and an oscilloscope with a 10X probe will allow you to measure RF power - of course, the Elecraft DL1 qualifies and has a built-in detector diode. An RF Probe will work in many cases in place of the oscilloscope. Signal generators are also good to have - the Elecraft XG3 is quite a versatile generator You need a PC with a soundcard at the workbench - so you can run Spectrogram or SpectrumLab and have a mini-DB and mini-Ring-Core calculators available - there is a lot that you can do with a PC on the workbench. I would refer you to the Measurements chapter of Experimental Methods in RF Design (ARRL Publication) for a more complete list of test equipment. The degree of precision you need/want to achieve will dictate your selection of equipment. 73, Don W3FPR On 2/10/2012 2:11 PM, Frank MacDonell wrote: > I like building QRP radios. What is the group's opinion on basic > test/calibration equipment one should have in the shack? Thanks in advance! > Frank KD8FIP > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
