26 Oct
2015
26 Oct
'15
12:25 p.m.
On Oct 26, 2015, at 2:49 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at
sydex.com> wrote:
On 10/26/2015 10:52 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
For that matter, dummy loads that look just like that are sold currently by MFJ.
paul
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.