Because it's the piddely stuff like connectors and coax and dummy loads, etc...that will run you out of the hobby. Ask any boat owner. There is a reason why they call boats holes in the water you pour money into. Same thing for planes at engine overhall time.
If you can save bucks by building a 130W dummy load in a cheap 1 qt/ paint can with a handfull of resistors and some mineral oil why not? As the great philosopher Angus Young of AC/DC once said..."this ain't high opera". On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 22:43:59 +0100 Dave Baxter <[email protected]> wrote: > I often wonder about people who will buy expensive (but excellent) radio's, > then baulk at spending a few bucks, quid's or ?, on basic test kit like a > half decent dummy load! > > Am I missing something? > > Dave G0WBX. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] -- R. Kevin Stover AC0H ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
