I need to test a B&W TR switch to be sure it does indeed switch.
In the absence of rf probes, scopes, etc, will placing a watt meter and
dummy load on the receive side of the switch be a suitable test?
Mike Duke, K5XU
American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
It should be Mike. The absence of RF on the receive side of the switch
during transmit should do the job.
73,
Ellen - AF9J
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From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion of AM Radio"
Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: [AMRadio] Testing a
Hello Mike: If your Wattmeter is sensitive enough to show 100mW to 1 Watt
and you applied say 100 Watts to the switch and the Wattmeter showed
less than 100 mW, I would think that would work to test the B&W switch
for use with
tube type equipment. For a sensitive solid state receiver, I woul
Good points to Mike. I didn't consider those issues.
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> Hello Mike: If your Wattmeter is sensitive enough to show 100mW to 1 Watt
> and you applied
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