From: Joel Koltner on
"Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I use them today, a lot:
> http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/swr_pic/swr_box_rear_img_0976.jpg

Gee, Jan, you do know that DB-9 backshells are something like $0.19... right?
:-)

From: Joerg on
Joel Koltner wrote:
> "Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:hrfc9o$u9b$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>> I use them today, a lot:
>> http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/swr_pic/swr_box_rear_img_0976.jpg
>
> Gee, Jan, you do know that DB-9 backshells are something like $0.19...
> right? :-)
>

I was gonna say ... it all looks very professional, and then this DB-9 :-)

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From: Spehro Pefhany on
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:54:23 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:43:06 -0700, RST Engineering
><jweir43(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:42:20 -0700, Robert Baer
>><robertbaer(a)localnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> An RCA phono type connector is almost good enough, a BNC certainly fits.
>>
>>
>>RCAs work quite well up to about 100 MHz.
>>
>>Jim
>
>BNCs are pretty good at 6 or 7 GHz. I just did
>
>sampling head, TDR step
>8" sma coax
>sma-BNC male
>BNC female-SMA
>8" sma coax
>other channel of head
>
>and got a pretty decent step response with 52 ps rise time, using the
>cheapest Jameco sma-bnc adapters on the planet.
>
>John

You got one of these things to check them out with?

http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5990-5271EN.pdf

I wonder how long the sales guys would lend one for... might be fun.

From: Joel Koltner on
"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
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> You got one of these things to check them out with?
> http://cp.literature.agilent.com/litweb/pdf/5990-5271EN.pdf
> I wonder how long the sales guys would lend one for... might be fun.

If you tell him it's for a 20MHz connector design, hopefully he'll think you
misspoke and meant 20GHz... :-)

From: mpm on
On Apr 30, 3:09 pm, "Joel Koltner" <zapwireDASHgro...(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
> "Jan Panteltje" <pNaonStpealm...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:hrfc9o$u9b$1(a)news.albasani.net...
>
> > I use them today, a lot:
> >http://panteltje.com/panteltje/pic/swr_pic/swr_box_rear_img_0976.jpg
>
> Gee, Jan, you do know that DB-9 backshells are something like $0.19... right?
> :-)

Well, at least he's using the same hardware everywhere.
I hate it when one side of something is screwed in using a straight
blade, and the other side a Phillips!!