Return-Path: Received: (qmail 10712 invoked from network); 30 Apr 2003 20:48:00 -0000 Received: from netmail01.services.quay.plus.net (212.159.14.219) by mailstore with SMTP; 30 Apr 2003 20:48:00 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 4599 invoked by uid 10001); 30 Apr 2003 20:48:00 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from post.thorcom.com (193.82.116.70) by netmail01.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 30 Apr 2003 20:48:00 -0000 X-SQ: A Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 19AyTu-00083x-Hh for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:47:10 +0100 Received: from [217.72.192.165] (helo=mailgate5.cinetic.de) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 19AyTo-00083o-If for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:47:04 +0100 Received: from web.de (fmomail01.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.1.45]) by mailgate5.cinetic.de (8.11.6p2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.0-0.4) with SMTP id h3UKkXq08170 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:46:33 +0200 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 22:46:33 +0200 Message-ID: <200304302046.h3UKkXq08170@mailgate5.cinetic.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Organization: http://freemail.web.de/ From: "Hans-Albrecht Haffa" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Subject: Re: LF: LF Tuning meter Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.2 required=5.0tests=QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXTversion=2.53 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.53 (1.174.2.15-2003-03-30-exp) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Dear Jim, please send me a copy of Your pdf-file. Hans-Albrecht DK 8 ND rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org schrieb am 29.04.03 16:43:02: > > Dear LF Group, > > For tuning LF antennas, I have for some time been using an oscilloscope to > monitor the current and voltage waveforms at the TX output. Resonance > occurs when V and I are in phase, and the load resistance is 50ohms when > V/I = 50. This is very easy to use provided a scope is to hand, but not > very useful if it isn't. An SWR bridge can be used, but it only indicates > the degree of mismatch, so tuning is still a matter of trial and error. So > with a mind towards future /P operations, I have built a self-contained > tuning meter. > > The prototype has 2 meters - one indicates phase, while the other can be > switched between voltage and current to determine the load resistance. The > circuit is slightly more complex than an SWR bridge, but not by very much - > it uses 12 diodes, 3 toroid cores and a few other passive components. It > does not require an external power supply, and is usable with TX power > between about 20W and 1.8kW. I have written a 3 page article about it - it > is a pdf file of about 190k, so too big for the reflector, but I can e-mail > it as an attachment to those who are interested. If someone would like to > put it on their web site, they would be more than welcome! > > Cheers, Jim Moritz > 73 de M0BMU > > ____________________________________________________________________________ Fur 92 EUR findet der Muttertag auch bei Mutti statt. Online buchen und zum Fruhbucher-Tarif fliegen http://img.web.de/lh/lhspecial3.html