[Heathkit] re heathkit cantenna

[Phil Lefever]

At 10:13 04/19/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Most everyone on the list must have responded to this. Most say it should=
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>read 50 ohms or so. Some suggested taking the cantenna apart and checking=
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>all the connections. This I am going to do. Will report results later. I=20
>have the manuals for all three cantennas. It does say 50 ohms, I wasn't=20
>sure if that was as read with ohm meter. Thanks to all.

I would doubt that the connections are the cause of the load
resistance being off. These loads are old and made of cheap
carbon resistors that drift with age. Most likely you will
have to replace the resistors to get the resistance right.

The question I ask is do you actually _need_ the resistance
to be exactly 50 ohms? Even the 76 ohm loads you have will
still provide an SWR of only 1.5:1 which is fine for testing,
tune up etc. My vote is to leave well enough alone. Especially
if you don't know what type of oil is in the can!

73

Phil
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