!! SORRY FOR MY STUPID POST!! Sixty years ago I did not
have money for a dummy load..ENJOY 73s Bob W5RG
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From: Fred Jensen k6...@foothill.net
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fw: Don't have
] Fw: Don't have a 50W dummy load
Ummm ... several reasons. Resistance component of an incandescent bulb
impedance varies with the temperature [brightness] of the filament.
They are also somewhat reactive. Push-pull vacuum tubes and link
coupling didn't care about SWR, I don't even remember
2015 00:51:58 + (UTC) Bob Gibson via Elecraft
elecraft@mailman.qth.net writes:
You guys are right!! SORRY FOR MY STUPID POST!! Sixty years ago I
did not have money for a dummy load..ENJOY 73s Bob W5RG
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fw: Don't have a 50W dummy load
Ummm ... several
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 8:11 PM, riese-k3...@juno.com wrote:
...at some point elmers all used a lamp for a dummy load
back in the day with Pi tuning...
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Yep, back in 1958 I loaded up my first home-brew transmitter (6146, of
course) with a 100W bulb and I am one of the many hams
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