"Let's Set Precedence"

[jimmyc]

Bottom line for me was . . .  I learned to cover my ass and load anything that I used with an ID# on it when I was done.   That included NCR and NPC items too.   My philosophy was, that they couldn't write me up for having too many standards entered.

if i entered a pressure gage as a std while calibrating vswr, i would say you listed too many stds and would say this was a major nonconformity.   we list them for the reason of tracability.   listing extras as a way to CYA does not help if there are so many stds listed as to even know what was cal'd.  if the load was required to do an amplitude measurement, then the standardization was important.   if the load was just for say a freq measurement to load the output, then not important.   i argued for a long while that if a calibrated load which met the requirements listing was used, then standardization was not required cause the item was "good" until the calibration expired.   the thing was the TO expressly stated the load needed to be checked prior to calibration with the cable attached in 4 wire mode. . . .  everyone who has calibrated a pg506 knows my pain.