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This TechNote has been written as a guide to the operation of and applications for the NIST Capacitor Ratio Bridge (CRB). The theory, design, and operating
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Walter W. Jones, Glenn P. Forney, Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke
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Andrew D. Koffman, T. M. Souders, Gerard N. Stenbakken, Hans Engler
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James R. Baker-Jarvis, Billy F. Riddle, Michael D. Janezic
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Chriss A. Jones, Y. Kantor, John H. Grosvenor Jr, Michael D. Janezic
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J. W. Allen, Fred R. Clague, N T. Larsen, M. P. Weidman
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) microwave power standards in waveguide consist of automated microcalorimeters and associated transfer
John M. Ladbury, Galen H. Koepke, Dennis G. Camell
We performed extensive tests on three mode-stirred (reverberation) chambers operated by the High Intensity Radiation Laboratory located at the National
The National Institute of Standards and Technology calibrates electromagnetic compatibility antennas using the standard antenna method. This method uses a
On May 27, 1997, several tornadoes hit the Central Texas area in the counties of McLennan, Bell, Williamson, and Travis. The most destructive of these tornadoes
An interlaboratory measurement comparison, dealing with geometrical parameters of convex spherically polished optical fiber connector ferrule endfaces, was
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J H. Klote, William D. Davis, Glenn P. Forney, Richard W. Bukowski
Rapid activation of fire protection systems in response to a growing fire is one of the important factors required to provide for life safety and property