[TowerTalk] Oil For Dummy Load - solved

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Thanks to everyone for their views.  I got a gallon of mineral oil at 
the local Southern States store for a non-crazy price, and gave the 
peanut oil to my son-in-law who owns a turkey fryer.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 12/1/2015 12:52 AM, Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk wrote:
> The chart is here: http://www.tinyurl.com/wa7prc-cantenna
>
> My scrap parts 1500W dummy load is here: http://www.tinyurl.com/wa7prc-dummy
> Though all the parts were free to me, outfits such as Henry Radio
>
> (http://stores.ebay.com/Henry-Radio) sell RF power resistors for
> reasonable cost on ebay.
> vy 73 es gl,
> Bryan WA7PRC
>
>> Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015
>> From: Gary K4FMX
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Oil For Dummy Load
>>
>> There used to be a chart on the side of the Heath cantena that showed the
>> difference between transformer oil and mineral oil as far as power/time. As
>> I remember it was rather a significant difference.
>>
>> 73
>> Gary  K4FMX
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