On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 15:30:54 GMT, Active8
wrote:


i don't usually have to bypass anything to shoot. you look for last
known good, first known bad, with your RF probe/scope/sniffer/whatever
and go from there. lift an input component leg, terminate an output,
check signal, if good, plug it back in. find the stage that's bad and
check transistor DC levels first.

Agreed. And that's what I'd do in practice.
I'm just curious, however as to what effect jumping RF from point A in
a circuit to point B with just a single wire has on the signal. IOW,
will the integrity of the signal be preserved by this quick and simple
expedient? The great and the good here seem to believe it shouldn't be
a problem up into VHF.

you don't mention max allowed power out and freq. i know what your up
to, but can't remember the rules.

Mike, I do do *other* stuff apart from build killer robots! :-D

too much time on radios and not enough on bot killing weapory. quick
solution for that... shotgun?

Actually it's been the other way around lately. But the new
disemboweler is quite impressive, though I do say so myself. I'll
upload some pix of it when they're available.
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