Hi John I have a fair length of adhesive heatshrink in stock. It came from Rapid a couple of years back and is big enough to fit over an N-type connection. I can send you a bit to try if it would help

Colin give me a little time I may have something that will do ......however I dont think it is 50in/50out. Most of the MMICs I have are good for about 13dBm max Alan G3NYK

Mark beat me to it :-(( I was getting a number of Pye/Philips M290 relays going HR on receive contacts in the 1990s. This was not a coax relay but switching a few milliamps several times returned the

At the bottom of the Amazon item in the notes it says ''not suitable for RF'' !! Alan G3NYK

I'm surprised anyone noticed the difference !! Alan G3NYK

.......or more likely short circuit. Very high very short spikes can cause the PIV to reduce, then eventually the first ''relay off'' condition melts the diode. Fast good diodes are not the best snubb

Hi Colin, there was a good article in Dubus a year or two back by W1GHZ I think which explains what you can do and how to do it. Alan G3NYK

Hi Ben here isa calculator of what it should read usinga DMM from the files area of the Group https://groups.io/g/UKMicrowaves/files/Attenuator%20check Alan G3NYK

Hi rich a small firm called ByVac used to produce a USB to I2C and SPI interface and a driver i the form of a terminal program running under Windows. I have had some modules from them in the past but

Yes indeed before Christmas I was issued a tracking number which it did not admit to being valid until the parcel was well on its way .....at the local office I believe. There are times buying postage

My sister's recent renewal is actually black not Royal Blue ......is that saying something ?? :-)) Alan G3NYK

Conrad If you have reached that state, can I seriously suggest (if you have not done it) it is the time to dump cheap reading glasses and get a full eyetest and prescription glasses. I reached that st

Developers are useless at finding glitches in their code or unexpected implications :-)) Alan G3NYK

The other solution is not to install application like that in Programfiles which has a security lock to prevent new files being written there(probably unless administrator permission is used) The same

Hi Andy, I suspect some of it is legacy and some is to ease their handling. Yes they could probably buy cheaper from the manufacturers in sticks, but they have a legacy from the TV and radio repair da

Fascinating Robin, It is only slightly OT as I am sure others will be now aware of the cost of bidding. I'm glad you had some luck. Not all successful bids on non-workers turn out to be a blown fuse :

Robin I may be wrong about this but it was my belief that if you sold a secondhand item ''on commission'', VAT was only payable on the commission and carriage. It's 25 years since I was involved in ov

Hi Ben yes I have a couple, I think one of mine came from Bangood.They were quite well made but are actually quite simple........a ''zener'' diode followed by 3 MIMICs The level is at best 10s of mV a

I think I got one of these about 5 years ago. I wanted to use it for 1296 and 1420MHz filters.. I does not have a tracking generator but will work quite well with a high level noise source (an avalanc

Hi Martin I don't remember having that problem with my Order is it was the Aliexpress site ! I can't find the invoice at the momet but I seem o remember the address was a bit scambled on the label but