Probably the same as as a 50 watt light bulb, but spread all over all the material in the attic. One could not measure it with any ordinary heat measuring devices. Quite a bit of the misdirected RF would be spread all over places other than the attic by the house wiring.
73, Guy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank MacDonell" <kd8...@gmail.com> To: "Elecraft" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 6:08 PM Subject: [Elecraft] Dipoles and Heat >I am using a center fed dipole in the attic for a K3. Does the antenna > generate any measurable amount of heat during TX? Thanks. > > -- > Frank KD8FIP > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
