Thanks Todd and all who responded. Is this a great list or what!
73, Rick/K5IZ
I'd suggest checking with the guys who know of, or are parting out some of the big old AM transmitters. Gates and probably others used to have a built-in dummy load consisting of a large board or panel covered with hefty non-inductive resistors. Even a 1KW version would probably work alright for 2-3KW if you added some forced air cooling by fan - provided you don't plan on leaving it keyed up for a long period of time. I have one here that is rebuilt into a metal enclosure, and actually managed to get it warm for the first time this past weekend when W1UJR was over at my place helping to get things in order. We were dumping a KW-input rig (750w or so) into it for extended periods, and it handled it fine with no help from a fan. de Todd/'Boomer' KA1KAQ ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] AMfone Website: http://www.amfone.net AM List Admin: Brian Sherrod/w5ami, Paul Courson/wa3vjb
