[Elecraft] Dummy load (with light bulb) doesn't work

[k6att@juno.com]

I'm ready to align and test a K1's transmit side.  And I need a dummy
load to do it so...

My first attempt at a homemade dummy load went like this:

A light bulb socket (with 40 watt bulb in it) on a plastic stand was
connected on the underside to two pieces of about 9" insulated wire (wire
is about 18 gauge, I'm guessing).  The positive wire I soldered to the
center of an SO-239 (female) connector, the negative wire I soldered to
the outside (threaded) part of the same connector.  That connector has a
BNC type connector at its other end, and I attached that to the K1
antenna jack.  When I turned the rig on, the output wattage said 2.0, but
the BAND button would not give me either band, just the reading P=0 on
the screen, which I know means that no power is going out.

How can I change the dummy load to make it work?

Jeff

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