Who knew you could measure UHF antenna's impedance with a DMM?

[grumpydoc]

Surely you just plug the banana into the banana plug!

[mamalala]

Surely you just plug the banana into the banana plug!

Nah, you plug the banana plug into the banana, of course. What you propose is akin to plug a wall into a wall-socket.

Greetings,

Chris

[zibadun]

The author
"Laurie Brown has worked as a high school English teacher for the last several years and loves writing. She enjoys helping her students develop a love and appreciation for writing, reading, and literature. Laurie has a degree in education with a major in English. Currently she is a writer for eHow."

Yes, Laurie, the article is grammatically correct 

[c4757p]

Nah, you plug the banana plug into the banana, of course. What you propose is akin to plug a wall into a wall-socket.

Like this? Seems somebody though it was a good idea...

[ivan747]

Surely you just plug the banana into the banana plug!

Is this compatible with plantains?

[The Electrician]

And under the heading "What other people are reading", we find:

How to Measure an Antenna's Signal With a Multimeter

http://www.ehow.com/how_12130900_measure-antennas-signal-multimeter.html

where they use the ohms range on the Multimeter to "Measure an Antenna's Signal".!!!!

[PA4TIM]

The topic title is not so far off, it is indeed possible to measure the impedance of an antenna or other network with a multimeter. 

But you need 3 of them and RF detector probes, google for impedance measurement 3 Voltmeter methode, this is from the time before impedance bridges and impedance ( RF-IV) meters, vector voltmeters  and VNAs. ( if I remember well it can also be done with 3 current meters)

I never tried it, but it is still on the to do list. But there are more ( forgotten) ways to to IV impedance measurements, like using a double ballanced mixer and voltmeters.

[mcufreak]

Ha ha ha what a topic !!!

and that comment from 'sacherjj' about measuring banana resistance is one solid piece of entertainment.   

may be I should start learning about how to use a DMM again ..