[NJARC] Cantenna

Rob Flory robandpj at earthlink.net
Thu Oct 18 06:54:29 EDT 2007


Immersion in oil seems to increase rating of resistors by a factor of 4 or so.  I think my "Jartenna" that I made in novice days was 12 2-Watt 600ish ohm resistors in parallel between 2 copper disks, immersed in motor oil in a peanut butter jar.  It was ok at 100-watt level.

Rob Flory


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