[Elecraft] 50 Ohm Dummy Load

[Phil Wheeler]

Daniel Reynolds wrote:

>I'm working on the ATU and read ahead last night and discovered that I'll need
>a 50 Ohm dummy load. Up til now, I've used test equipment at work, but it seems
>like I really ought to have a QRP dummy load.
>
>Would it work if I built one out of twenty 1k 1/2W resistors in parallel? Does
>it matter if I place them along a board or build them into a small pack? Will
>there be a problem with inductance or capacitance? Except for buying a 10W 50
>Ohm Carbon resistor, is there any other way to do this?
>

Lots of combos will work.  But you might want to check ou the prices of 
commercial dummy loads before you go to all the trouble.

Phil