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Subject: [AMPS] Cantenna Dummy loads
From: km1h@juno.com (km1h@juno.com)
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:14:35 -0500


On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:34:20 -0800 Rich Measures <measures@vc.net> writes:
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>>On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 09:10:49 -0500 (EST) "William L. Fuqua III"
>><wlfuqu00@pop.uky.edu> writes:
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>>>  The Cantenna dummy loads just can't take 1.5 Kw for 
>>>very long. ........
>>> 
>>>  73
>>>Bill wa4lav
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>>You can use a 5 Gallon can which are usually throw aways from auto 
>body
>>shops.
>>With some creative work with tin shears, drill, and a propane torch 
>you
>>can adapt the Cantenna as a unit.
>>Thoroughly wash out the solvents in the can first!
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>>With 5 gallons of xfmr oil you can run 2KW for at least 20 minutes 
>and
>>still maintain the Cantenna frequency response.
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>?  With a resistor that is spec'd at 100 or so watts, this solution 
>sounds somewhat unlikely.  If transformer oil vapour-bubbles begin to 
>form on the surface of the resistor, which seems quite likely, it does 
>
>not matter if the resistor is in a 55-gallon drum or a 1-gal. can of 
>the 
>stuff.  

.  

Try it before you criticize it.

73  Carl  KM1H


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>Rich...
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>R. L. Measures, 805-386-3734, AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures  
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