[Elecraft] Suggestions for 160 meter homemade dummy load - tuning up 160 meter module for K2

Mon Feb 17 05:35:00 2003

On: Monday, February 17, 2003 2:25 AM
"James M Wiedle" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> ...
> Any ideas on a homebrew 160m dummy load?
> ...
James,

There is nothing special about 160m compared to other HF bands.  If
anything, it is more forgiving.  The easiest homebrew dummy load is just a
resistor soldered to a connector.  You can parallel up a bunch to get enough
power dissipation.  The more you use the more likely that there will be some
reactive components but they are usually insignificant at HF frequencies.  I
used 20 1K 1/2 watt resistors in parallel to give me a 10 watt load.

There was an old email that had a URL to a picture where somebody used
pennies for each end of the resistor set.  Maybe the designer will pipe back
in with an update.

If you are talking QRO then any HF or higher load should work.  You could
buy & build an RFL-100 kit.
See: http://www.ohr.com/ for details.

Good Luck,
Fran, KA4FRH