26 Oct
2015
26 Oct
'15
11:49 a.m.
On 10/26/2015 10:52 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
Damn, I already ordered a pile of HVAC gear.
j/k - yeah that was what I was basically planning, Ian ... just as a
noob, I'm not totally confident with what a single air cooled part
can dissipate.
The talk about dummy loads brought back a memory of the Heath
Cantenna--an RF dummy load consisting of a Globar (noninductive)
resistor in a gallon paint can filled with mineral oil with an
attachment to a SO-239 "UHF" connector on top. IIRC, it was literally
capable of dissipating a full "gallon".
Kanthal Globar is still very much in business and does offer the
resistors, if anyone wants to build such a unit for old times' sake.
--Chuck