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Old January 24th 07, 06:50 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
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Default Dummy load power rating

On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 21:45:17 -0800, "Sal M. Onella"
wrote:

Nobody ever explained it. It's a wonder we didn't make more smoke than
light. [AN/SRT-14, AN/SRT-15, for those who've been there & done that.]


Hi OM,

Must've been before they were replaced with the AN/URC-32 (Collins). I
suppose there weren't enough bulbs to load 500W (much less from about
a dozen bays). All I remember where conventional dummy loads and the
time we used the shorting bar on the finals' capacitors and took out
the island's power station (forgot to throw the power switch off).

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC