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Subject: SV: [AMPS] Power Handling of Resistors
From: Wt8r@aol.com (Wt8r@aol.com)
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 18:28:52 EST
In a message dated 3/8/00 8:37:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
w8ji@contesting.com writes:
>  
>  Hi Dave
>  
>  > I'm not sure what a parasitic resistor is 
>  
>  It's the resistor near the anode of a tube, inside the little coil of wire.
>  
>  but if you can assure me that
>  > they won't explode if I run 2M power into them for 2 seconds or break 
into
>  > parsitic oscillation, I'd like to buy two dozen.  
>  
>  Resistors don't oscillate Dave. Oscillations occur with a negative 
> resistance, but not a resistor.
>  
>  
>  73, Tom W8JI
>  w8ji@contesting.com
>  
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Tom,

I see that along with knowing a little about physics, you are a comedian also.

Strange, In my 45 years of ham radio and 30 years as a practicing Electronics 
Engineer,  I've never heard of a "parasitic resistor".  I've heard of 
parasitics and I've heard of resistors(as you say, resisstors don't 
oscillate), but not parasitic resistors.

I guess we just have to wait for the young kids to come along and show us 
where we have gone wrong.

73 de

Dave,WT8R

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