The good non-inductive resistors are made by Caddock Electronics. Available
from some of the catalog dealers.
John WB4UHCK3 #2165
On Tuesday, December 27, 2016 2:46 PM, Walter Underwood
<wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote:
Ah, yes, bricks. Like these?
https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-100-ohm-10w-10-wirewound-resistor-2-pack#
<https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-100-ohm-10w-10-wirewound-resistor-2-pack#>
wunder
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Walter Underwood
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> On Dec 27, 2016, at 11:42 AM, Vic Rosenthal <k2vco....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> They are undoubtedly wire-wound resistors and will have too much inductance
> to work well as a dummy load. The resistance is fine. If you have an SWR
> meter, check it with that. SWR below about 1.5 would mean it is usable. It
> might be OK on 160 or 80 meters but not on higher bands.
>
> Vic 4X6GP
>
>> On 27 Dec 2016, at 16:43, Paul C <paul...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> I made my own dummy load last night from two 100 ohm resistors wired in
>> parallel. They are rated for 10 watts each and look like little bricks. I
>> measured the resistance at 51 ohms. Do you think this is close enough or
>> should I reduce it to 50?
>>
>> Paul KG5KXG
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