[Elecraft] XG1 or XG2 on 10M?

[Don Wilhelm]

Tony,

The XG1 and XG2 require a fundamental mode crystal.  Reliable 
fundamental mode crystals for 10 meters are difficult to find.

For what you want to accomplish, I would suggest an alternative.  Put a 
dummy load at the antenna end of the coax.  Use a wattmeter at the shack 
end, and transmit at some known (and controlled) level - then put the 
wattmeter at the dummy load end and transmit with the same level.
The power difference will allow you to calculate the loss.

If you have a signal generator like the HP8640 and a low level power 
meter, you can use that instead of the transmitter and high level wattmeter.

There are many other ways to "skin that cat".

73,
Don W3FPR

N2TK, Tony wrote:
> Has anyone had any luck trying to get a XG1 or XG2 to work on 10M? If so,
> please pass along how you did it. I would like to have it to check out coax
> loss by hanging the XG on the end of the coax and measuring the  loss in the
> shack. This would take into account anything inserted in the line such as
> lightning protection, coax switches, etc.
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