> load, quite frankly.  I keep my FT-470 with the big whip
   > on the bench as my "canary" so I know if something's
   > getting leaky.  I'll be very, very


Another 'cheap' canary (when one may lack quick access to
'proper' gear like an HP8558B spectrum analyzer) is a broadcast
TV set with rabbit ears - just park it nearby - anything that
affects it will normally be 'out of band' and affecting your
neighbors, too! (I know this from experience - and have
verified it *using* such gear as a SA ...)


RF Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Botkin" <dale@BOTKIN.ORG>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 12:27 AM
Subject: Re: [EE:] What am I doing wrong? (RF amp)


> On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Nate Duehr wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 2002-09-02 at 20:47, Jim wrote:
> > > And of course, I am going to give you credit that you
> > > know all this already!
> > >
> > > RF Jim
> >
> > Dale,
> >
> > I should have been polite enough to say that too... I wasn't diplomatic
> > enough, considering the International scope of projects on this list.
> >
> > I have a knee-jerk reaction built-in to anything RF-related that's
> > unlicensed getting amplifiers put on it... especially on VHF, since the
> > noise floor is already much too high in most metropolitan areas...
>
> No problem, so do I.  And I get edgy testing this stuff even into a dummy
> load, quite frankly.  I keep my FT-470 with the big whip on the bench as
> my "canary" so I know if something's getting leaky.  I'll be very, very
> happy to see this project handed off.  It's been a shining example of
> scope creep.
>
> Dale
>

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