Test Equipment

Rainbow Antenna Analyzer - A small and inexpensive measurement device designed to determine antenna performance across the amateur bands through use of automatically collected SWR readings

Homebrew RF Test Equipment - Several projects which will allow you to build your own RF design test equipment.

An RF step attenuator - Make your own rf step attenuator

VK5JST Aerial Analyser - This antenna anlyzer project was published in the May 2005 issue of the Australian magazine "Amateur Radio", and has been designed using parts which are very readily available

A Guide to Test Equipment - That just about sums up many peoples’ attitude towards test equipment. Multimeter, SWR/Power Meter, Dip Oscillator, RF Signal Generator, Cathode Ray Oscilloscope

How to make a Q meter - This article appeared in the February issue of Amateur Radio and is reprinted here for the convenience of others

QRP Wattmeter - G4FON homebrewed QRP Wattmeter

2m sniffer - How to construct a “Sniffer” for 2m DF by Denis G3UVR

A Guide to Test Equipment - That just about sums up many peoples’ attitude towards test equipment. Multimeter, SWR/Power Meter, Dip Oscillator, RF Signal Generator, Cathode Ray Oscilloscope

AC power meter - Measure the AC current flowing through your appliances

An RF step attenuator - Make your own rf step attenuator

Antenna Scope - Do you want to measure antenna impedance at resonance? With this Antenna Scope, you have a simple RF Bridge for getting started in an exciting part of Ham Radio, building your own Antennas that work well

Band Monitor Scope by JF10ZL - A 7 Mhz band monitor scope project that exchanges all existing signals of that timing of 7MHz-band to viewer image like a hill on the oscilloscope by JF10ZL

Crystal tester - Crystal tester project, crystals are used to control the operating frequency of transmitters, and it is used in radio frequency converters, oscillators, filters for cw, ssb and many other applications.

Digital power meter - A simple digital power meter by Dave Roberts, G8KBB

Diigital AC Voltmeter - Build a digital AC voltmeter to measure the output range from 0 to 150VAC with reasonable accuracy

Dual Output 200 MHz RF Generator/Detector - Dual Output DDS Based RF Generator/Detector with links for the associated QEX NimbleSig III article download by Tom, VA7TA

Field Strenght meter - RF Wide Band field strenght meter design by WA6ESC

Field strength meter - Field strength meter for the 137 kHz band by PA0SE

Grip Dip Oscillator - Originally eveloped by I1FLC, uses seven plug in coils covering 3.0 to 30Mhz in a Colpitts oscillator circuit.

High Voltage Breakdown Tester - K8CU technical topics article about high voltage breakdown tester necessary for testing of any high voltage components like vacuum tubes, high voltage capacitors, vacuum relay

Homebrew RF Test Equipment - Several projects which will allow you to build your own RF design test equipment.

How to make a Q meter - This article appeared in the February issue of Amateur Radio and is reprinted here for the convenience of others

LC Meter project - An home made LC Meter

Logic Probe - An easy-to-construct logic probe for the electronics enthusiast

M3 Electronix Semiconductor Analyzer Kit - A workbench instrument capable of testing transistors, diodes, FETs, usefull constructing QRP circuitry.

Measuring Inductances with a Freqeuency Counter - This article also shows how you can make your own measurements that are as good as those possible with professional equipment

Measuring SSB transmitter power - PEP RF output power measurement, and examples RF output power measurements

NEQRP Noise Bridge - A noise bridge is a device for measuring or comparing impedances on coaxial cables, antennas, components, etc.

Notes on Bird Electronics Equipment - Information on equipment manufactured by the Bird Electronic Corporation, wattmeters, RF loads, switches by I0JX

Precision Frequency Marker - Homebew a frequency marker by 7N3WVM

Prescaler Div.10 - A UHF Prescaler, divide by 10 by CX2UA

QRP Wattmeter - G4FON homebrewed QRP Wattmeter

R.F. Current Meter - This R.F. current meter was developed to assist in measuring line currents in balance feed lines as used in the All Band HF Antenna.

Radio Frequencies Measurement - Accurate Measurement of Radio Frequencies

Rainbow Antenna Analyzer - A small and inexpensive measurement device designed to determine antenna performance across the amateur bands through use of automatically collected SWR readings

Return Loss, SWR, Power Gain and Loss Calculator - A neat tool for your daily ham activities around the shack

RF Sampler - An RF sampler project with schematic by CX2UA

RF Sniffer - RF Sniffer, field strength meter in spanish

Simple test equipment to build - A field strength meter, a crystal tester and a capacitance meter by Peter Parker VK3YE

Test Equipment Dealers Directory - Complete test equipment dealers and distributors directory and test equipment community forum for engineers to share knowledge.

Using A Multimeter - How to choose and use a multimeter

Using An Oscilloscope - It allows you to take a peek into a circuit to see what is happening has it happens, irrespective of the speed with which it is taking place

VK5JST Aerial Analyser - This antenna anlyzer project was published in the May 2005 issue of the Australian magazine "Amateur Radio", and has been designed using parts which are very readily available