[Antennas] RF Ammeters

Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:51:42 -0500

Hi Guys,

As I recall, there were two types of RF Ammeters.

One was the thermocouple type, the other was a so-called "hot wire"
ammeter.

I believe the hot wire type was less expensive and less accurate.

73 de George/W0AV
Hamming since 1935

On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 15:25:18 -0400 "Tom Bates" <[email protected]> writes:
> >>An R-F ammeter will measure current, it
> doesn't care whether it is in phase with the voltage or out of 
> phase
> 
> That's what I'm trying to figure out...  Why bother with a 
> thermocouple type if an
> inductive pickup type will measure the same thing ??  Or, are all RF 
> ammeters
> thermocouple type ?
> 
> Thanks Harvey.
> 
> 73,  Tom
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