Hi Stan,
That's an interesting idea. I could hang a vertical dipole off my tower for 60
meters and feed it thru the dump power connection on my 4-square. Hummmm?
Terry
KI7M
> On January 24, 2019 at 11:02 AM Stan Stockton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> You either warm up a dummy load or warm up components in the Comtek box.
> You also won't have a good SWR.
>
> A better alternative would be to put up another antenna that is resonant on
> 60m and dump the dump power into that antenna so it can be radiated.
>
> Stan, K5GO
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 12:54 PM N2TK, Tony <[email protected] wrote:
>
> > I have a wire 80M 4-sq with elevated radials using a Comtek box. It works
> > well and has a nice pattern. I also use it on 60M with a good SWR and some
> > F/B. 100W in gives me 35W dumped power. What would happen if I remove the
> > dumped power dummy load on 60M? Do I hurt anything? Do I reduce signal or
> > potentially cause a problem with the Comtek box? Max power is 100W.
> >
> > Tnx for any feedback.
> >
> > N2TK, Tony
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