XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
      
   Cursitor Doom  wrote:   
      
   > On 21 Dec 2024 22:30:23 GMT, Allodoxaphobia    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 21:37:59 +0000, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   > >>>in series with your 50 Ohm source.   
   > >>   
   > >> Yes, but you know what a *bitch* it is to find a purely resistive 10   
   > >> ohms....   
   > >   
   > >Maybe just a length of nichrome wire?   
   >   
   > Still got parasitics. Avoiding them is a craft in itself.   
      
   I wouldn't worry about the inductance of an ordianry 1/4 -Watt resistor   
   at the frequencies involved.  The only point where it might make any   
   difference is the VHF input and oscillator tuning - and I can't think   
   you need a great level of accuracy to align a domestic portable radio.   
      
   It is even possible that they specified a 60-ohm sig gen because they   
   knew that most of the available ones would be near enough at either 50   
   or 75 0hms.   Another possibility would be to try to make you think you   
   had  to return the radio to their specialised service department for   
   repair.   The avarage radio shop (if there are any left) simply wouldn't   
   care and would use whatever they had on the shelf above the workbench.   
      
      
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