On 11/30/11 12:10 AM, Roger wrote:
> Water may need to be changed maybe once a year. DI is ion hungry so I
> don't know how it'd work with the solder joints or metal in the circuit.
> Tap water? It definitely will lower the resistance of the dummy load.
> Whether it will adversely affect the SWR, only a test will show.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
I'd somewhat doubt the tap water would be sufficiently conductive to have a
major effect on the DC resistance of a 50 ohm load. If the load was 1 M Ohm,
then I see it's possible, but I very much doubt it at 50 Ohm.
The capacitance might be more of an issue though, as the dielectric constant of
water is very high.
Dave
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