Topband: Beverage antenna terminations

[George Dubovsky]

Look at the Ohmite OX and OY series of resistors; they are pretty rugged
under surge conditions and, as best I can measure, they are claimed to be
non-inductive at HF.

73,

geo - n4ua


On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Bruce <k1fz at myfairpoint.net> wrote:

> They were supposed to be non-inductive carbon, but need to find something
> better like carbon film.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji at w8ji.com>
> To: "Bruce" <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>; <topband at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 2:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Topband: Beverage antenna terminations
>
>
>  What kind of resistors are you using?
>>
>> They shouldn't do that if you use the right type.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce" <k1fz at myfairpoint.net>
>> To: <topband at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:50 PM
>> Subject: Topband: Beverage antenna terminations
>>
>>
>>  After recent night time thunder storm activity, two Beverage antennas
>>> lost some directivity.  Termination resistors looked normal, but an
>>> ohmmeter checked reviled they had each gone
>>> hundreds of ohms higher.  Replaced resistors and back to normal.
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Bruce-K1FZ
>>> www.qsl.net/k1fz/**bogantennanotes/index.html<http://www.qsl.net/k1fz/bogantennanotes/index.html>
>>>
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