[Collins] probe body

[kwylow zinjanthropus]

 James:
Please read Dick's reply. He said he "really needed metal." You don't have problems with your probe. That's fine. Apparently he does. Well, how do you solve that problem? If HV is going to be a concern, then insulating a probe with a metal body is the answer. Simply getting shrink tubing over the metal should do the trick.
My 10c (and rapidly loosing in the stock market :^)
Cal. N6KYR
 
  JAMES T BRANNIGAN <jbrannig@optonline.net> wrote: I have an old EICO RF probe. The body is plastic. The shielded cable is
terminated close to the pin and "guts". There has never been a problem with
hand capacitance and I feel more comfortable with a plastic shell around HV.

Jim


>
> Try this (it may sound crazy but then, I've seen equally strange things):
Use PVC pipe and wrap it up in aluminized foil. Be sure to ground it.
Otherwise (as has been suggested) use copper pipe and use PC board ends cut
and drilled to shape and solder them onto the copper body. That otta work
real nice (and copper pipe could be had in just about any dimensions.
> Cal.
> "R.J. Keller" wrote: I am in need of a probe body for
an RF probe I am building to use with
> my VTVM.
>
> I have tried many homegrown devices to make my own but they were
> plastic and I really do need metal. The one in the ARRL Handbook used
> a tube shield and socket but that is really too small. An old scope
> probe body would be ideal.
>
> If anybody has one in their junk box please let me know.
> 73, Dick KF4NS
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