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joeqsmith
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July 20, 2016, 02:35:08 am »
I remember seeing some pretty bad examples on Microwaves 101 several years ago. Checked out their site and looks like a few more have been added. Attached two I thought were pretty good.
Do you toss them all loose into a box and dig through them when you need one? Use a torque wrench? Touch them with your grubby fingers? Refuse to toss out a bad connector?
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How electrically robust is your meter??
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsK99WXk9VhcghnAauTBsbg
Solver64 Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/t4m8ws3oxmy31b84duiqp/ACDdAhRudlB8HQtL_I1ne-4?rlkey=1brzha3r8l7itnt9s7qhmp0ey&st=mouo3wyt&dl=0
jjoonathan
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July 20, 2016, 02:48:29 am »
Signal integrity, bitches!
I should have taken a picture after one probe became two and I had to start using kapton tape on account of the scotch tape running out, but this is bad enough as it stands.
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Assafl
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July 20, 2016, 09:36:48 am »
Used to but toss 'em out now at first sign of fraying.
If the smart man avoids costly mistakes and the clever one learns from his - I guess I am only clever and learnt to discard from a development kit I ruined and - Ahem - a really expensive hydrophone logger killed by fat probing. And I can now afford to keep a stock of spare connectors and probes (to avoid temptation)...
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LPaul
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July 20, 2016, 04:20:26 pm »
Probably the most informative video from the signal path:
the first half is about how not to mistreat microwave connectors :p.
I wonder how you can just throw expensive connectors in a box...
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joeqsmith
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July 21, 2016, 01:57:45 am »
I like how he jabs that sharp metal screw driver into everything.
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How electrically robust is your meter??
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsK99WXk9VhcghnAauTBsbg
Solver64 Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/t4m8ws3oxmy31b84duiqp/ACDdAhRudlB8HQtL_I1ne-4?rlkey=1brzha3r8l7itnt9s7qhmp0ey&st=mouo3wyt&dl=0
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July 21, 2016, 05:59:00 am »
A whiff of RF voodoo .....
Nice.
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