John Smith I wrote:

Robert Smits wrote:

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Since the amount of heat dissipated in the resistors will only be 30-40
watts when running 300 watts SSB output, and since they're halfway up the

Ohhh, well, that certainly changes everything, doesn't it?

How about just constructing the antenna out of ni-chrome wire, that way
it will be self-defrosting?

Regards,
JS

Nah, that's totally unnecessary. Given the amount of hot air generated by
the average ham conversation, anyway. :-) :-)

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