After my post yesterday about the accuracy of the Heath "Cantenna" dummy
load being found to be "off value", I started wondering about the original
specifications and did a little search.
Heath spec'd the Cantenna as having a VSWR of "<1.5:1" across the HF range.
Now, if the reactance is neglig
I mistakenly gave the wrong christian name for G5RV in reply. Was pointed
out correctly by Peter, G3PDL that it was Louis Varney. Reg Varney was a more
infamous UK TV personality of the past.
Senility creeps up on you and you don't know it is happening until too late!
Bob, G3VVT
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Just a thought on dummy loads, a number of years ago I noticed my Heath
Cantenna was giving me a slightly higher SWR reading instead of 1 to 1.
When I measured it with a VTVM I found it was 40 ohms, not the or
Steve K4JPM wrote:
"...a number of years ago I noticed my Heath Cantenna was giving me a
slightly higher SWR reading instead of 1 to 1. When I measured it with a
VTVM I found it was 40 ohms, not the original 50 ohms when I built it 25 or
so years ago. I posted this on the Heath users Email list an
Just a thought on dummy loads, a number of years ago I noticed my Heath
Cantenna was giving me a slightly higher SWR reading instead of 1 to 1.
When I measured it with a VTVM I found it was 40 ohms, not the original 50
ohms when I built it 25 or so years ago. I posted this on the Heath users
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