[Elecraft] Very Dissatisfied With Elecraft Support

[S Sacco]

For all the angst, why not box it up, and send it back to Elecraft to fix?

73,
Steve NN4X




On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Don Wilhelm <w3fpr at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Jon,
>
> A proper RF Probe is usable up to 500 MHz and beyond.
> If you are going to use an RF Probe at VHF and UHF bands, then it will need
> to be shielded from stray radiation.  In your situation, you will only be
> using it up to 22 MHz, and shielding it is not necessary.  As has been said,
> if you want to enclose it in something, just use whatever you have
> available, or simply wrap it with tape.  No enclosure is needed as long as
> you do not contact the probe parts while doing a measurement.
>
> Hopefully that provides some reasons for the differences of opinion you see
> on the websites - it all depends on the frequency and other conditions where
> you will be using it.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> Jon Perelstein wrote:
>>
>> The web sites I've looked at seem to imply that I need to put the probe in
>> some sort of metal
>> shielding (thus the copper pipe for example), but some of your responses
>> seem to imply that I can
>> just leave it in the open.  Is that correct?  Can I just leave the
>> circuitry in the open?  Or do I
>> have to mount it in something -- in which case I'm back to the problem of
>> what I mount it inside
>> of and how to mount it inside (e.g., insulators, mounting hardware).
>>  AM
>>
>
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