----- Original Message -----
From: "Vasile Surducan" <vasile@L30.ITIM-CJ.RO>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 12:13 AM
Subject: Re: [EE]:microwaves


> On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Jim wrote:
>
> >
> > But the original author of this post *may* have had
> > another application in mind ...
> >
> > Try eliminating a 'ground loop' caused by the firing of
> > an airborne-RADAR magnetron sometime while trying to get
> > a clean 100 millivolt 'pulse' (no PFN (Pulse Forming Network)
> > after-ringing, 400 Hz power supply ground-loop effects,
> > etc) out of a Hewlett-Packard (P424A) Ku-nand 'crystal'
> > microwave (diode) detector ...
> >
> > Solution to this problem: a piece of paper and #6 screws for
>
>
>   Not paper, but mylar ! Because the paper absorbe the moisture and acts
> like an atenuator ...

This was the solution to a very-quick need during an engineering test
in a non-production environment under ideal environmental conditions.

Not *every* situation demands the utmost of materials under a variety
of conditions - this was one such case ...

Respecfully,

"RF Jim"

>
> Cheers, Vasile
>
>

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