R: [amsat-bb] Re: R: SWR testing of AO-40 S-band antennas

["i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxxxxx>]

Hi  Zack,

For fiel VSWR measurements of my antennas on the roof  i currently 
use Paul Wade VSWR bridge up to 2400 MHz with all measuring gears
described by Joe Reisert,W1JAA in Ham Radio Magazine July 1976 
page-50 to 56

The only exception is the 1000 Hz selective amplifier  that in my case is
an HP 415D SWR Meter with NiCad batteries for portable operation

I am very happy using this setup.

Also very interesting are similar bridges described by DJ7VY on 
VHF Communications 3/83 and by  i5TDJ on Radio Rivista 5/88

The use of those bridges is particularly usefull for input VSWR 
measurements on preamplifiers wich is possible applying  to the
bridge only  -40 dBm ( 2 mV ) 
 
73" de i8CVS Domenico 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lau, Zack, W1VT <zlau@arrl.org>
To: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org' <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:33 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: R: SWR testing of AO-40 S-band antennas


> February 1995 QEX  A UHF+ VSWR bridge by Paul Wade.
> He got 30 dB RL at 2.3 GHz using 0603 chip resistors.
> 
> You have to be quite careful about your cables and connectors
> when accurately measuring SWR.  You can actually tune a 
> microwave system by swapping non-precision cables 
> for best performance :-).
> 
> Zack Lau W1VT
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