[Test-Equipment] Q meter?

[Dale H. Cook]

At 05:39 PM 6/18/2014, Brian Burns wrote:

>It's made me curious about the usefulness of that device, or some other brand, on an RF experimenters test bench.

I own two of them (a 160-A and a 170-A) but seldom use them because most of the times when I need to measure Q the frequencies are low enough for one of my other bridges. It is quicker to use a rack-mounted bridge already in the shop than to drag out a Q meter. When I am developing or modifying an RF network it is generally a filter network where the predominant concerns are corner frequencies, passband ripple, and overall passband response, and those measurements need my sweep generator and 'scope.

Dale H. Cook, GR / HP Collector, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
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