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METROLOGY 101: METROLOGY 101: MILLIMETER WAVE CONNECTOR CARE METROLOGY 101: MILLIMETER WAVE CALIBRATING 1 MW 50 MHZ POWER REFERENCE OUTPUT REFERENCE MHZ POWER MW 50 1 CALIBRATING Implementation and Verification of Building-up AC-DC Current Transfer up to 10 A 2012 OCTOBER Faster, Better, Cheaper: New NOVEMBER Automated Vacuum Calibration DECEMBER Service at NIST The World Leader in Temperature Metrology Thank you for making 2012 our best year yet. The Source for Calibration Professionals More Nations Choose Isotech Temperature Standards.... Shouldn’t You? The Source for Calibration Professionals Thermometry Calibration Baths Portable Thermocouple Blackbody Sources Primary Reference Bridges & Furnaces Temperature Sources Referencing High Emissivity to Temperature Thermometers 0.017mk to 0.5mk -196ºC to 1300ºC -100ºC to 1300ºC Systems 1300ºC Standards 0.001ºC to 0.02°C Isotech North America (The Americas) Isothermal Technology Limited (Worldwide) Web-site: www.isotechna.com Web-site: www.isotech.co.uk E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +(802) 863-8050 Phone: +44 (0) 1704 543830 Volume 19, Number 4 www.callabmag.com FEATURES 23 Metrology 101: Millimeter Wave Connector Care Agilent Technologies 28 Implementation and Verification of Building-up AC-DC Current Transfer up to 10 A Mamdouh M. Halawa 36 Faster, Better, Cheaper: New Automated Vacuum Calibration Service at NIST Jacob E. Ricker, Jay H. Hendricks, Douglas Olson, Greg Strouse DEPARTMENTS 2 Calendar 3 Editor’s Desk 3 Cal-Toons by Ted Green 10 Industry and Research News 13 New Products and Services 40 Classifieds ON THE COVER: The Fluke Calibration Everett Primary Electrical Laboratory wishes you happy holidays—Nicholas Mason, Lead Metrologist, Yvonne Gallardo, Laboratory Analyst, and Jeff Gust, Chief Corporate metrologist share a toast of spiced apple cider in the newly renovated Primary Electrical Laboratory. Over Nicholas’ shoulder is the new A40B AC shunt calibration station, which is the U.S. Service location for this product. Oct • Nov • Dec 2012 1 Cal Lab: The International Journal of Metrology CALENDAR CONFERENCES & MEETINGS 2012-2013 Nov 27-30 80th ARFTG Microwave Measurement Mar 3-4 Southeast Asia Flow Measurement Conference. Symposium. San Diego, CA. The theme for the 80th ARFTG Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. http://www.tuvnel.com. 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To help educate the measurement community (IMCCC 2012). Harbin, China. http://imccc2012.hit.edu.cn/. during these challenging times, the Measurement Science Conference (MSC) 2013 will focus on presenting concepts Feb 6-7 NCSLI Technical Exchange. Charlotte, NC. that provide the attendee the necessary tools needed in The Exchange provides a forum for exchanging ideas, the application of operational excellence in the Metrology measurement techniques, best practices and innovations with organization. http://www.msc-conf.com. others interested in metrology industry trends. http://ncsli.org/. Quality/lab management Work faster Lab calibration and smarter with new ™ MET/TEAM Asset tracking Field calibration and management software TM MET/TEAM Software MET/TEAM Test Equipment Asset Management software makes it easy to consistently track, manage and Customer service report on all aspects of your calibration System and database operations and comply with regulatory administration standards. 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PO Box 111113 After a dry spell of press releases for new products, my inbox is getting Aurora, CO 80042 TEL 303-317-6670 • FAX 303-317-5295 inundated with all those new products. They are spilling out on the heels of a [email protected] number of acquisitions. Even without a business background, I can’t help but www.callabmag.com make a connection—big and medium businesses readjusted themselves and then EDITORIAL ADVISORS proceeded forward. For the sake of small business, I hope this will be a positive forward trend. Logically, you’d think a greater push for metrology as technology CAROL L. SINGER needs increase would translate into more metrology business, but disappointing JAY BUCHER conference attendee turnouts this past year conflicted with that line of reasoning. BUCHERVIEW METROLOGY But then there is no indication that proceeding forward is an alternative path… CHRISTOPHER L. GRACHANEN all signs point forward! HEWLETT-PACKARD In this issue, Agilent Technologies contributed a Metrology 101 article on MIKE SURACI connector care for millimeter-wave and N-type connectors. Dr. Halawa was kind CONSULTANT enough to share his article with us, “Implementation and Verification of Building- LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE up AC-DC Current Transfer up to 10A.” And, the folks in vacuum calibration (RETIRED) LEAD ASSESSOR, A2LA (RETIRED) at NIST contributed a great article detailing implementation of their automated MARTIN DE GROOT calibration system. We always appreciate great articles that provide specific MARTINDEGROOT CONSULTANCY processes and the reasons why a particular lab chose to go the route they did. I really am not looking forward to stringing lights around a prickly, dead tree Subscription fees for 1 year (4 issues) again. But, I am very excited for the holidays… the food, the drink, greetings $50 for USA, $55 Mexico/Canada, and packages from friends and family, and more food and drink. I hope you are $65 all other countries. excited too! Dear 2012, do not take offense, but please do step aside because… Visit www.callabmag.com to subscribe or call 303-317-6670 here comes a new year! Printed in the USA. © Copyright 2012 CAL LAB. Warmest Regards and Wishes, ISSN NO. 1095-4791 Sita Correction In the article “Learning to Apply CAL-TOONS by Ted Green [email protected] Metrology Principles to the Measurement of X-ray Intensities in the 500 eV to 110 keV Energy Range” in the Jul-Sep 2012 issue, WHO KNEW TRYING TO GET TOLERANCES AND an error was made in the first sentence TRACEABILITY ON A TURKEY WOULD BE SO regarding accreditation with NIST. 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