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dave wrote:

On 07/30/2014 10:59 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Cydrome Leader wrote:

well, it's known that giant ceramic wire wound power resistors are not the
choice for RF use.



Carborundum resistors are used for RF.



My dummy load is full of tab resistors clamped to aluminum heat sinks.



That's OK at low frequencies, but can have a high VSWR t VHF and up.


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