[Amps] 20kw Dummy load?

DF3KV df3kv at aol.com
Thu Sep 23 19:05:35 EDT 2004


> Well from initially wanting to borrow a large load for a few days
over a
> month ago, you have now got a water chilller, but sitll no load. I
may
> well be wrong, but suspect that you could make a suitable load from
> lengths of suitable coax.

I was using  length of RG141A/U connected to a smaller Bird dummyload,
sunk
both into a bathtub, works pretty well.
Connectors are crimped N, did that with up to 6KW on a 70cm amp, RG141
was fed by 7/8" hardline. For HF only longer runs of RG141 are needed

73
Peter



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