[Elecraft] Dummy Load

[Bill Frantz]

I built my own using 3 150 ohm 2 watt resistors from Fry's 
Electronics. I put them in parallel with the wires on one side 
soldered to the center connector of a coax connector. I bent the 
other wires back over the resistors and soldered them, along 
with some coax braid to the connector shell. Testing the result 
with a MFJ antenna analyzer showed 1.0:1 through the HF bands 
and about 1.3:1 on 2 meters. Result: a 6 watt dummy load.

For more power, I probably would by a commercial dummy load, but 
this solution involved the least travel and elapsed time.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 7/20/12 at 11:15, jms_k1sd at verizon.net (James) wrote:

>What is the recommended solution to the requirement of a 5w dummy load
>during assembly of the K3?
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