[time-nuts] Safely getting the electrical length of a connected antenna feedline

[David]

These are a little larger than what I was thinking of but were
mentioned the other day in funwithtubes at yahoogroups.com and are
probable more suitable for most projects anyway:

http://qrpme.com/?p=product&id=MEP

On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:10:38 +0000 (UTC), you wrote:

>Yes, a board with the required footprint would be the way to go.  Where does one find that?
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>    On Tuesday, August 9, 2016 12:00 AM, David <davidwhess at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Richard mentioned the SMD to leaded adapters which work well.
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>Another way which is more suitable for Manhattan or dead bug type
>construction is to glue or solder down just tiny printed circuit board
>which has the SMD footprint and then solder directly to the leads or
>extensions to the pads.  This does not increase the lead length any
>more than necessary and places the ground plane in close proximity for
>best RF performance.  If you are desperate, you can cut an SMD
>footprint out of an existing unused donor board.
>
>On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 03:37:07 +0000 (UTC), you wrote:
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>>Your comments on layout made me think again of how to implement these projects.  How do you use a 14 pin SMD IC?  I could try to connect it with flying leads but I'd like something better.  Is there some kind of socket for these devices?  Or a generic board to receive such things?