[Heathkit] HN-31 Cantenna

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

An AC resistor has no inductive reactance?  Can't be a wirewound?

Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "R.J. Keller" <rkeller@ij.net>
To: "Hamel Family" <pehamel@i-55.com>; <heathkit@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] HN-31 Cantenna


> I actually do know it is for RF. Pray tell, what else?
> 
> What is an AC resistor? I do not understand what you mean by "if you
> want to use it as a DC resistor, just remember the difference" ?
> 73, Dick KF4NS
> St. Petersburg, FL
> Keep the glow!
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hamel Family" <pehamel@i-55.com>
> To: "R.J. Keller" <rkeller@ij.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 12:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] HN-31 Cantenna
> 
> 
> | The purpose of it is for RF.
> | If you want to use it as a DC resistor, just remember the
> difference.
> | There were "improved versions" in the old Handbooks, the shield
> around the
> | resistor was tapered and supposedly better served the purpose of
> circulating
> | the oil by convection and providing the correct capacitance for the
> exact 50
> | ohms on VHF.
> | ----- Original Message -----
> | From: "R.J. Keller" <rkeller@ij.net>
> | To: <heathkit@mailman.qth.net>
> | Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:50 PM
> | Subject: [Heathkit] HN-31 Cantenna
> |
> |
> | > Has anyone ever replaced the resistor in the Cantenna?
> | >
> | > Does the DC resistance matter?
> | >
> | > The DC resistance is 43 ohms but when I put my MFJ Antenna
> Analyzer on
> | > it I get 50 ohms except on 10M which reads 80 ohms and 15M reads
> 70
> | > ohms.
> | >
> | > I am using mineral oil but it originally had that evil power
> company
> | > transformer oil.
> | > 73, Dick KF4NS
> | > St. Petersburg, FL
> | > Keep the glow!