Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
2009/8/24 Steve Barnes st...@pcswin.com: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? Strip some LMR back about 3/4, and fan out the braid. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
Jeremy forgot to add: 1. Solder the LMR center conductor to the top of a 6-in long banana. 2. Solder the LMR braid to the top of an 8-in long banana. 3. Submerge both bananas in a two-gallon plastic pail of dill pickle juice. 4. Once in the pail be sure that the bananas are NOT touching each other or else the transmitter can short out. Jeremy Parr wrote: 2009/8/24 Steve Barnes st...@pcswin.com: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? Strip some LMR back about 3/4", and fan out the braid. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author - "Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs" Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com Public Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
LOL... Do the dill Pickel juice have to be from Kosher Pickel's ? Faisal Imtiaz Computer Office Solutions Inc. /SnappyDSL.net Ph: (305) 663-5518 x 232 _ From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads Jeremy forgot to add: 1. Solder the LMR center conductor to the top of a 6-in long banana. 2. Solder the LMR braid to the top of an 8-in long banana. 3. Submerge both bananas in a two-gallon plastic pail of dill pickle juice. 4. Once in the pail be sure that the bananas are NOT touching each other or else the transmitter can short out. Jeremy Parr wrote: 2009/8/24 Steve Barnes mailto:st...@pcswin.com st...@pcswin.com: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? Strip some LMR back about 3/4, and fan out the braid. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com Public Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
Ah, I have the same problem. I asked mike over at UBNT the other day about that with the Bullet M's. I wanted to know if it was cool to power them up without antenna because I needed to configure 12 of them and I didn't want my eyes to melt. He said it was okay for a short period of time.. That's pretty specific. So to not screw them up and find out later after they are installed I hauled out the rubber ducks and cables and junk. And had the looks from the wife since this was at home. Told her we should install the radios in the fridge so that I could configure the radios and irradiate the food at the same time. She does not smile. That's a general comment about the wife, not about this specific situation. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Steve Barnes Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:10 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Antenna Loads For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? Steve Barnes Manager PCS-WIN RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
You sure this isn't the Ham Radio list? J From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads Jeremy forgot to add: 1. Solder the LMR center conductor to the top of a 6-in long banana. 2. Solder the LMR braid to the top of an 8-in long banana. 3. Submerge both bananas in a two-gallon plastic pail of dill pickle juice. 4. Once in the pail be sure that the bananas are NOT touching each other or else the transmitter can short out. Jeremy Parr wrote: 2009/8/24 Steve Barnes mailto:st...@pcswin.com st...@pcswin.com: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? Strip some LMR back about 3/4, and fan out the braid. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com Public Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
Ops...better remember to trim the bananas for minimum SWR oh yeah - the pickle juice should be from kosher dills... Robert West wrote: You sure this isn't the Ham Radio list? J From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads Jeremy forgot to add: 1. Solder the LMR center conductor to the top of a 6-in long banana. 2. Solder the LMR braid to the top of an 8-in long banana. 3. Submerge both bananas in a two-gallon plastic pail of dill pickle juice. 4. Once in the pail be sure that the bananas are NOT touching each other or else the transmitter can short out. Jeremy Parr wrote: 2009/8/24 Steve Barnes mailto:st...@pcswin.com st...@pcswin.com: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? Strip some LMR back about 3/4, and fan out the braid. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com Public Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 05:10:06PM -0400, Steve Barnes wrote: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_load -- Scott LambertKC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lamb...@lambertfam.org WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
You can strip the shield back on coax like suggested, but you stand the chance of having too high of a standing wave ratio and harming the RF amp. You can just keep a couple rubber duckies with the right gender changer on the bench, or terminate to a proper dummy load like these: http://www.rfparts.com/dummy.html Mike At 04:10 PM 8/24/2009, you wrote: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? Steve Barnes Manager PCS-WIN RC-WiFi Wireless Internet Service Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved. - Helen Keller WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
He says that cool as a cucumber! -RickG On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Jack Ungerjun...@ask-wi.com wrote: Ops...better remember to trim the bananas for minimum SWR oh yeah - the pickle juice should be from kosher dills... Robert West wrote: You sure this isn't the Ham Radio list? J From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Jack Unger Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 5:33 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads Jeremy forgot to add: 1. Solder the LMR center conductor to the top of a 6-in long banana. 2. Solder the LMR braid to the top of an 8-in long banana. 3. Submerge both bananas in a two-gallon plastic pail of dill pickle juice. 4. Once in the pail be sure that the bananas are NOT touching each other or else the transmitter can short out. Jeremy Parr wrote: 2009/8/24 Steve Barnes mailto:st...@pcswin.com st...@pcswin.com: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? Strip some LMR back about 3/4, and fan out the braid. WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Author - Deploying License-Free Wireless WANs Serving the Broadband Wireless Industry Since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 jun...@ask-wi.com Public Profile http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackunger WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Antenna Loads
I thought a dummy load was this thread! ducking On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Scott Lambertlamb...@lambertfam.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 05:10:06PM -0400, Steve Barnes wrote: For bench purposes, how hard is it to build antenna loads for the bench. I hate having to hook up a antenna, LMR and Pigtail every time I test a radio. I am pretty new to this Building my own stuff and not buying preconfigured. Can you just solder a 50 Ohm resister to some pig tails? Or is there a better answer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_load -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lamb...@lambertfam.org WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
