Well now I don't think anyone said the wirewounds wouldn't work just that you'd need to check them out. Give it a shot and see if the SWR is as expected. I've used cheap carbon comp resistors in the past. Heck, a light bulb (incandescent) probably wouldn't do a bad job.
As for your other idea, using ladder line, it's about the best choice for QRP I think as it generally is lower loss. I use 600 ohm ladder line but I don't know if that's any better or worse electrically than 450 ohm window line or even 300 ohm tv line. Kev ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com