Sheesh!
I wish my *ANTENNA* posting on my new K1WA 6m array generated a mere
fraction of the posts
this non-list related post has.
Can we please talk about towers, or antennas or SUMTHIN' else, huh?
Mike VE9AA
Michael, Coreen & Corey Smith
(VE9AA, VE9AAA & Little-VE9 to be)
271 Smith Rd
Waterville, NB
E2V 3V6
Canada
http://members.tripod.com/~ve9aa/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2174/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stu Greene" <wa2moe@firstinter.net>
To: "w7xu" <w7xu@dtgnet.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Oil for dummy load
>
> At 01:02 AM 1/26/02 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I think we're getting somewhat far afield here, but I've never seen
> >mineral oil or other petroleum-based products used on humans other
> >than as a laxative or perhaps topically.
>
> Ham radio dummy loads are oil cooled or air cooled. The original
question
> by a British ham was what kind of oil is recommended, and he received two
> answers, transformer oil and mineral oil.
>
> Transformer oil did or does contain PCBs and about thirty years ago its
> danger became known. Most hams I know use what was considered the safer
> alternative, mineral oil cooling a 50 ohm resistor. Many use air cooled
> loads at lower power levels. You concluded with
>
> >Now lets return to tower-related topics.
>
> Doctor, antenna discussion is accepted on TowerTalk. Dummy loads are used
> in lieu of antennas for tuning. The gentleman's original question was, in
> my opinion, relevant and has been answered. Have a pleasant weekend.
>
>
>
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