[TowerTalk] inexpensive dummy loads

[Red]

I've worked region NTS with the dummy load in an MFJ tuner!  They said 
my signal was weak, but the noise in my receiver was way down, too!  And 
we worry about a fraction of a dB loss.

I better quit this before I draw flames.

73 de Red

Tom Osborne wrote:

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>>How the memory slips!  We used to use light bulbs as dummy loads.
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>Hi Red
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>Yeah, makes a good dummy, but also makes a good antenna.
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>I was once playing with a rig into a lightbulb and a guy about 100 miles 
>away came back to me :-)  73
>Tom W7WHY
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