Yes, you are.
Dummy loads are not fun, like nice radios.
When I built a Heathkit HW100, 45 years ago, I needed a dummy load to align the
transmitter section.
Not having one, and having just spent all my discretionary funds on the radio,
I used a pencil lead to make a resistor element.
I had to
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.
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Good stuff Rick. I bought and built the OHR-100RFL because it was
priced reasonable, it was 100W rated, and I figured with all my QRP rigs
it would last my ancestors a couple dozen lifetimes. I have a couple
other 20W homebrew loads around here too...can never find one when I
need it
It appears some think just because you are interested in building a new
dummy load that you don't have one. Interesting how some can build an
entirely wrong building out of wrong assumptions.
I have a 300w and a 1500w dry dummy loads and a Cantenna that all work just
fine but just thought
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
This stuff isn't as sexy as a radio or big antenna, but it's equally
important. The way to economize on things like this is to find good
stuff used/surplus, not cheap junk.
Try sticking a network analyzer on a home brew dummy load and see what it looks
like.
Gary
I can just picture the conversation:
Support Tech: What are you using for a dummy load?
Ham: A pencil lead.
Support Tech: silence
Made my day.
73, Bill W6WRT
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On Mon,3/30/2015 5:37 PM, Kevin Stover wrote:
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
] 50 Ohm Load - source?
I think that attitude spells the difference between appliance
operators and those who are willing to check out, and otherwise examine
their ham gear. How many transceiver problems turn out to be problems
with the antenna system? The number is larger than many
I think that attitude spells the difference between appliance
operators and those who are willing to check out, and otherwise examine
their ham gear. How many transceiver problems turn out to be problems
with the antenna system? The number is larger than many are willing to
admit.
In the
I just built that RF load kit from OHR. Works as advertised.
At 150 MHz, the impedance is 50 + j2, which is pretty good for metal
oxide resistors. At HF, I can't measure any reactance but that's
probably due to the SWR meter.
The load is convection cooled (flow-through). Kit instructions
I tried to Google it and made it to the OHR Website but could not find it.
Somebody please post a URL to a source.
Thanks. 73, Jim KG0KP
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From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ernie
Kluft
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 6:55 AM
To:
I found this link:
http://www.ohr.com/index.htm
Robie - AJ4F
On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Jim Miller jimmil...@stl-online.net
wrote:
I tried to Google it and made it to the OHR Website but could not find it.
Somebody please post a URL to a source.
Thanks. 73, Jim KG0KP
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