[Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Paul Finch
Hello, Does anyone have a good way of measuring the frequency of PC board micro strips (M/S)? I have tried my old Millen Grid Dip meter but there is just not enough radiated at 220 MHz to get a good dip. I am trying to modify a transmitter from 168 MHz to 224 MHz and not having a lot of luck

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Jeff DePolo
Does anyone have a good way of measuring the frequency of PC board micro strips (M/S)? I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Microstrips are basically just sections of transmission line. A transmission line doesn't have a frequency - it has a length and a characteristic impedance. You

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 10:09 AM 2/6/2006 -0600, you wrote: Does anyone have a good way of measuring the frequency of PC board micro strips (M/S)? I have tried my old Millen Grid Dip meter but there is just not enough radiated at 220 MHz to get a good dip. I am trying to modify a transmitter from 168 MHz to 224 MHz

RE: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
Yea, what Jeff said! :-) At 03:08 PM 2/6/2006 -0500, you wrote: Does anyone have a good way of measuring the frequency of PC board micro strips (M/S)? I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Microstrips are basically just sections of transmission line. A transmission line doesn't have

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Glenn Little WB4UIV
Are the transistors rate at 220 MHz? RF power transistors are made for a specific frequency range and will not operate at all well above or below the design frequency. 73 Glenn WB4UIV At 11:09 AM 02/06/06, you wrote: Hello, Does anyone have a good way of measuring the frequency of PC board

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:27 PM 2/6/2006 -0500, you wrote: Are the transistors rate at 220 MHz? RF power transistors are made for a specific frequency range and will not operate at all well above or below the design frequency. ---I bet to differ, at least when it comes to using one at a lower frequency! RF power

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 03:34 PM 2/6/2006 -0800, you wrote: But assuming they're properly bypassed, an RF device rated for, 500 Mhz, will work perfectly well at 150 Mhz and with more gain! --I should add the caveat with all things being equal, in that parameters such as input and output impedance, etc need to be

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Glenn Little WB4UIV
The selective frequency information comes from the engineers at EIMAC. When I toured their plant a number of years ago, I asked about the frequency selectiveness of the transistors. The engineer told me that a UHF transistor will not work at VHF. The impedances are wrong as well as the

Re: [Repeater-Builder] Micro Strips @ 220 MHz

2006-02-06 Thread Ken Arck
At 06:57 PM 2/6/2006 -0500, you wrote: The selective frequency information comes from the engineers at EIMAC. When I toured their plant a number of years ago, I asked about the frequency selectiveness of the transistors. The engineer told me that a UHF transistor will not work at VHF. The