Re: Topband: Why do rodents eat coax?

2015-11-12 Thread Dave Olean
You are right, Guy, but I have plenty of test gear to check coax. I can sweep it for return loss, check insertion loss and all that stuff. I use several HP scalar analyzers as well as an 8753D vector network analyzer good to six GHz. I have an Anritsu Sitemaster that has a great TDR function as

Topband: W/VE 630M Weekend Activity - Nov 13/14/15

2015-11-12 Thread Eric NO3M
For anyone interested in 630M activity, there will be several US Part 5 experimental stations (all Amateurs) running beacons, making QSOs, and possibly passing some NTS formatted traffic, primarily CW, maybe other modes (PSK, JT9, et.al.). There will also be several Canadian (VE) stations