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Can I have a signal generator on while it's not connected?
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are InSignal generator giving DC output?
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The unit in question is an Elecraft XG3 test signal generator. It puts out anywhere from -107 dBm to 0 dBm. Is it safe to have these signal generators on and transmitting while not connected to anything, or should they always be connected to a 50 ohm load?
I want to fire it up for the first time but I don't want it hooked up to my actual rig until I know everything's good. Can I just hook it up to a dummy load? Or is the power so minuscule that it doesn't matter?
rf-power transmitter impedance-matching testing
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The unit in question is an Elecraft XG3 test signal generator. It puts out anywhere from -107 dBm to 0 dBm. Is it safe to have these signal generators on and transmitting while not connected to anything, or should they always be connected to a 50 ohm load?
I want to fire it up for the first time but I don't want it hooked up to my actual rig until I know everything's good. Can I just hook it up to a dummy load? Or is the power so minuscule that it doesn't matter?
rf-power transmitter impedance-matching testing
edited 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦
3,8262635
asked 6 hours ago
PaulPaul
1578
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
The unit in question is an Elecraft XG3 test signal generator. It puts out anywhere from -107 dBm to 0 dBm. Is it safe to have these signal generators on and transmitting while not connected to anything, or should they always be connected to a 50 ohm load?
I want to fire it up for the first time but I don't want it hooked up to my actual rig until I know everything's good. Can I just hook it up to a dummy load? Or is the power so minuscule that it doesn't matter?
rf-power transmitter impedance-matching testing
edited 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦
3,8262635
asked 6 hours ago
PaulPaul
1578
$endgroup$
The unit in question is an Elecraft XG3 test signal generator. It puts out anywhere from -107 dBm to 0 dBm. Is it safe to have these signal generators on and transmitting while not connected to anything, or should they always be connected to a 50 ohm load?
I want to fire it up for the first time but I don't want it hooked up to my actual rig until I know everything's good. Can I just hook it up to a dummy load? Or is the power so minuscule that it doesn't matter?
rf-power transmitter impedance-matching testing
rf-power transmitter impedance-matching testing
edited 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦
3,8262635
asked 6 hours ago
PaulPaul
1578
edited 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦
3,8262635
asked 6 hours ago
PaulPaul
1578
edited 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦
3,8262635
edited 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦
3,8262635
edited 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦
3,8262635
3,8262635
asked 6 hours ago
PaulPaul
1578
asked 6 hours ago
PaulPaul
1578
asked 6 hours ago
PaulPaul
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1578
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It's not necessary to turn it off while it is not connected. Zero dBm is a power level of only 1 milliwatt, and no device will be damaged by that power level.
If it were, the manual would have said so.
answered 5 hours ago
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yeah i saw no mention of it in the manual one way or the other. guess i was overthinking it.
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It's not necessary to turn it off while it is not connected. Zero dBm is a power level of only 1 milliwatt, and no device will be damaged by that power level.
If it were, the manual would have said so.
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yeah i saw no mention of it in the manual one way or the other. guess i was overthinking it.
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It's not necessary to turn it off while it is not connected. Zero dBm is a power level of only 1 milliwatt, and no device will be damaged by that power level.
If it were, the manual would have said so.
answered 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦Mike Waters
3,8262635
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yeah i saw no mention of it in the manual one way or the other. guess i was overthinking it.
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– Paul
5 hours ago
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It's not necessary to turn it off while it is not connected. Zero dBm is a power level of only 1 milliwatt, and no device will be damaged by that power level.
If it were, the manual would have said so.
answered 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦Mike Waters
3,8262635
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It's not necessary to turn it off while it is not connected. Zero dBm is a power level of only 1 milliwatt, and no device will be damaged by that power level.
If it were, the manual would have said so.
answered 5 hours ago
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answered 5 hours ago
Mike Waters♦Mike Waters
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Mike Waters♦Mike Waters
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yeah i saw no mention of it in the manual one way or the other. guess i was overthinking it.
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yeah i saw no mention of it in the manual one way or the other. guess i was overthinking it.
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yeah i saw no mention of it in the manual one way or the other. guess i was overthinking it.
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yeah i saw no mention of it in the manual one way or the other. guess i was overthinking it.
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