I just found an old Narda 3db pad in my junk box. It checks good and is
rated at 5 watts. Since I am concerned with SSB only, I can cut the carrier
back on CW, I think the Narda will work with the SSB signal since it won't
be continuous duty and the pad is rated at 5 watts continuous. I'll give it
a try... I don't even remember having this thing!


"KC4IH" wrote in message
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I need to build a 3db pad, 50 ohm, 10 watt, to reduce the drive to my 6
meter amp. I need 2 X 300 ohms and 1 X 18 Ohm resistors and thought it
would be an easy matter to find them with enough current rating to do the
job but can't find anything larger than 1 watt carbon (not film, which are
somewhat inductive ) resistors. I can find want is called non-inductive
wire wound resistors. I can't understand how a wire wound resistor can be
non-inductive. Could someone explain this?