O.T. ? polyphasers

[Jim Cundiff]

Hey All,
    First, Thank you to those that responded to my query about N
connectors!

This is slightly O.T. but since it will eventually be hooked to my K3
I'll take the chance. I just replaced the UHF connectors on a Polyphaser
with two of my N connectors. Is there any sure way to test this, or any
questionable Polyphaser now to make sure it is OK, other than connecting
it to my existing rig? Something like an Ohm meter test? I am still
trying to learn this stuff and don't want to let any smoke out of
anything. I sure do appreciate all the knowledge here and hope to have
some of my own someday. 73.

In His service,
Jim Cundiff KB3GFC
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[michael taylor-3]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Jim Cundiff <[hidden email]> wrote:
>  This is slightly O.T. but since it will eventually be hooked to my K3
>  I'll take the chance. I just replaced the UHF connectors on a Polyphaser
>  with two of my N connectors. Is there any sure way to test this, or any
>  questionable Polyphaser now to make sure it is OK, other than connecting
>  it to my existing rig? Something like an Ohm meter test? I am still

I don't know of any recommended testing procedure, but a diagram of
how I believe the basic (non-DC passing) Polyphaser units are designed
is available from <http://www.iceradioproducts.com/33.htm>. You may
wish to ignore the marketing aspect (I.C.E. make and sell a competing
product, I'll leave the evaluation of the two to someone more
qualified than myself), but understand that there are two main
components, a capacitor in series between the input and output, and a
gas discharge tube.

A short between either in/out and ground is obviously bad, but
otherwise I guess all you can test that high voltage capacitor (non-DC
units should not pass DC). I don't know if it is possible to test the
gas discharge tube itself.

-Michael, VE3TIX
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