John said:
>The RMS power of a clean sinewave at 1 MHz would heat one
>side of a Ballentine dual thermocouple the same as DC
One problem I have found with thermocouples is that skin resistance leads to 1
Amp of RF producing more heat than 1 Amp of DC. But it does depend on the
thermocouple and how it is made, and how big the heating element is, etc.
73
Peter G3RZP
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