[Elecraft] Dummy loads for dummies

[Vic Rosenthal]

They are undoubtedly wire-wound resistors and will have too much inductance to work well as a dummy load. The resistance is fine. If you have an SWR meter, check it with that. SWR below about 1.5 would mean it is usable. It might be OK on 160 or 80 meters but not on higher bands.

Vic 4X6GP

> On 27 Dec 2016, at 16:43, Paul C <paulc22 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> I made my own dummy load last night from two 100 ohm resistors wired in parallel.  They are rated for 10 watts each and look like little bricks.  I measured the resistance at 51 ohms.  Do you think this is close enough or should I reduce it to 50?
> 
> Paul KG5KXG
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