Small diameter (.086 in.), or really small diameter (.047 in.) semi-rigid (solid jacket), or semi-flex (tin dipped braid) coax with SMA, or better connectors works pretty well. Sweat the shield to multi-via ground pads and keep the center conductor length as SHORT as you can. ---Bob Lewandowski Principal Engineer Stratos Lightwave Northwest Technology Center 6100 - 219th St. S.W., Suite 520 Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043 Phone: (425) 672-8035 x103 FAX: (425) 672-8014 Mobile: (206) 856-1809 Email: blewandowski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicholas Dugbartey [mailto:poazee@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:52 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Package probe station vendors... >=20 >=20 > =20 >=20 > Any recommendations from the group on probe stations=20 > efficient in package > electrical characteristics measurements (TDR etc)?=20 >=20 > -nicholas- >=20 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------- > Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail.=20 > Click Here[1] >=20 >=20 > --- Links --- > 1 'http://g.msn.com/1HM1ENUS/c157??PI=3D44364' > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field >=20 > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list >=20 > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field >=20 > List archives are viewable at: =20 > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages=20 > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > =20 >=20 >=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu