[TowerTalk] inexpensive dummy loads

[Jim Lux]

At 10:37 AM 8/16/2006, Larry Phipps wrote:
>An excellent source of quality dummy loads is 
>http://ridgeequipment.com/store/page1.html
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>Check out the 75W ones for $9.00. I have checked these out on my HP VNA 
>and they are excellent. Only drawback for you is that they use a N 
>connector, but they have others. Most really good attenuators and dummy 
>loads use N connectors (or BNC).

excellent.. I don't need "excellent" attenuators, just ones that are 
reasonably stable and can absorb a few watts of power.  They are hooking up 
to something with SO239s, but adapters aren't out of the question.


>Larry N8LP
>www.telepostinc.com
>"Home of the groundbreaking LP-100 Digital Vector Wattmeter"
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>Jim Lux wrote:
>>I'm looking for inexpensive HF dummy loads for a phased array 
>>project.  They only need to handle 10 Watts or so, and preferably would 
>>have PL259 connectors on them (as opposed to SO239).
>>
>>I have a few of the $40 MFJ260's (25W continuous rating) and they're in 
>>the ballpark, but since I need a bunch of them, I'm looking for something 
>>less expensive, if it exists.
>>
>>Just looking aroundn for other sources of such things.
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