Thursday, August 8, 2019

Testing antenna materials for RF properties with a simple receiver

Continuing on from yesterday's 'back to basics' theme, here's a way of testing the RF properties of insulated materials you might use in antenna construction. This is important because the wrong material may detune the antenna and compromise its performance.



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