Jim Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:57:03 -0400, ehsjr
wrote:


PeterD wrote:

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:57:20 -0400, ehsjr
wrote:



The discussion on SED about a 300 watt resistance prompted me
to post this photo. :-)

Ed


Not terribly suited to be a dummy load, it appears to be an inductive
resistor.


Yup, wirewound. You could make a good dummy load with it for
battery testing/discharging, power supply testing, that sort of
thing, but it's not for RF.

Ed


My paralleled carbon 2W resistors soldered between two planes worked
nicely at 144MHz (2 Meter Band, which is where I was interested

...Jim Thompson

Air cooled, or did you put the assembly in oil?
I seem to remember that you operated EME - is that correct?

Ed