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Michael Coslo wrote:

But since we have descended from the sublime into the ridiculous, I have
noted that it is occasionally possible to accidentally make a QSO with
another OP while connected to a dummy load. I've done this a number of
times on PSK31.

Are there specific rules and limits to the radiation from dummy loads?
And if not, are Dummy loads illegal?

- 73 de Mike KB3EIA -

It IS possible to radiate from a Dummy Load, enough energy to commuicate
with another station. Example. Years ago, I was a Traveling Radioman
for the old Northern Radio Company of Seattle, Washington. I had a
Northern N550 MF/HF SSB 150W PEP Transceiver on the testbench connected
to a Bird 1 Kw Dummy Load. I was doing a final tuneup on the
Transmitter, which was Crystal Controlled, and one of the channels was
KMI @ Point Reyes California, the AT&T HighSeas HF Station for the
Pacific. As I was testing with a two tone Audio Test Signal, I heard
the KMI Operator come back with a "Who the heck is on my input Freq
on KMI-1201?". We carried on a nice chat for about 5 minutes, and I
called him on the Landline after that for another 30 minute chat. He
said he routinely got signals from Radio Shops, doing tuneups on
his Calling and Working Frequencies, when the Band was Wide Open.
His Receiving Antenna Array was a set of Phased Rhombics, steerable
over a 270 degree Arc to the West.

Bruce in alaska AL7AQ ex-FCC Field Inspector for Alaska
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