[AMRadio] Building the Dummy Load

[John E. Coleman]

I Have some of those clamps but only about 3 or 4, not enough.  The
resistors acquired for Electronic Goldmine seem to be the same as yours
the entire piece looks like the inside of a pencil, maybe a little
rougher, with the ends silvered back about 1 inch or so.  I though I
would get some of those "screw to close" hose clamps,  maybe take a
dremel type wire brush to it to knock the coating of the hose clamp so
it would take solder, or just drill a hole in the slip end of the clamp
for mounting.

CUL, 73, John, WA5BXO

-----Original Message-----
From: amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:amradio-admin at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Donald Chester
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 12:23 AM
To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Building the Dummy Load




>From: "John E. Coleman" <colemanj at sbcglobal.net>
>
I have the intension of putting hose clamps on the ends and
>then fastening them down to copper busses and building a cage around
the
>whole thing.

I used what look like large fuse clips.  They are also used with power 
resistors.  I think some of them came from the old TV transmitter we 
dismantled in Houston.  I made two circular copper bus strips and in
each 
drilled holes spaced like the numbers on a clock.  The 12 glowbars plug 
right in.  Mine have bare ends coated with some silver looking
substance, 
except for one, which looks more like gold than silver.  They fit the
clips 
perfectly.  I don't have a cage around mine, but I need one, for
mechanical 
protection.  I'd hate to break one of the resistors.

Don K4KYV



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