We used to use a couple of aluminum plates in a bucket of salt water. Bob Macklin K5MYJ Seattle, Wa, "Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Wilhite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:35 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Dummy Load > Just wet one finger and touch the antenna port then grab the cabinet > with the other > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Brashear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service'" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 1:34 PM > Subject: [AMRadio] Dummy Load > > > >I know this has been beaten to death many times, but for the sake of an > >old > > man with a bad memory could we discuss the most economical (very > > important) > > way to provide a dummy load for testing a broadcast transmitter. I > > have a > > few Cantennas, but they get hot real quick at 1000 watts and I'd like > > something I could be a little more confident in. If I were to use the > > proper number of series/parallel non-inductive resistors at say 100 > > watts > > each, what kind of support system would be best to insure at least a > > one > > minute key down time? Would immersing them in oil or attaching them > > to heat > > dissipating metal with a blower be the better choice? > > > > > > > > Thanks for any and all advice you may offer.. > > > > > > > > Rick/K5IAR > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > > AMRadio mailing list > > Searchable Archives: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
