[PSES] Calling all old-timers

2013-03-18 Thread Ken Javor
Looking for a copy of RTCA/DO-160. Original release date 28 February 1975. Doesn¹t show on RTCA website as an available document. DO-160A wasn¹t released until 1980, and RTCA/DO-138, the predecessor to RTCA/DO-160, was released in 1968. Would like to have a copy of this ³missing link.² Thank

Re: [PSES] Calling all old-timers

2012-09-28 Thread Ken Javor
The picture of the AT-60 shows no heatsinking. The AT-58 has a large heatsink. The description of the AT-75 doesn't have a picture, so there is no way to establish similarity. Considering applying half-rated power to an attenuator or load of known specification, measuring temperature rise on

[PSES] Calling all old-timers

2012-09-27 Thread Ken Javor
Make that older-timers. Just purchased an Empire Devices AT-58 6 dB attenuator. It's big - looks like it ought to handle 100 Watts, but there is no indication of the power handling capability. Input and output are marked, and only the input side is supposed to face the high power source, so the

Re: [PSES] Calling all old-timers

2012-09-27 Thread Don_Borowski
While the schematic may be a pi or T network, internally it may be a series of pi or T networks, each section of which dissipates a given amount of wattage. This means the input pi/T might attenuate say only a few tenths of a dB, while the last pi/T also dissipates about the same amount of

Re: [PSES] Calling all old-timers

2012-09-27 Thread Derek Walton
Perhaps. To help isolation It has several sections. Only the output end has lower power parts Derek Sent from my iPhone On Sep 27, 2012, at 6:12 PM, don_borow...@selinc.com wrote: While the schematic may be a pi or T network, internally it may be a series of pi or T networks, each

Re: [PSES] Calling all old-timers

2012-09-27 Thread Ken Javor
I may have posed my question unclearly. What is the power handling capability of an Empire Devices AT-58 6 dB attenuator, properly inserted in a circuit? The balance of the discussion was just there to pique any old memories. Ken Javor Phone: (256) 650-5261 From: Derek Walton

Re: [PSES] Calling all old-timers

2012-09-27 Thread Ted Eckert
Here is a specification sheet for the Empire Devices AT-60. I can't state whether it would have similar ratings to the AT-58, but it may provide some guidance. http://www.aef.se/Mat-Testteknik/Typkatalog/M2433/M2433-103010.pdf Ted Eckert Compliance Engineer Microsoft Corporation