[Boatanchors] Radio Transmitter testing

[Glen Zook]

Light bulbs have been used for decades as dummy load. 
Also actual 50 ohm dummy loads are available.

Do NOT use a wire as it will be an antenna!  Also,
light bulbs do radiate (act as antennas) but not as
bad as wires.

Glen, K9STH


--- William L Howard <wlhoward@verizon.net> wrote:
> Is there any sort of method to determine if a
> transmitter is actually
> transmitting with out connecting to an antenna?
> Something like a light
> bulb on a wire or???


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Glen, K9STH

Web sites

http://home.comcast.net/~k9sth
http://home.comcast.net/~zcomco

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