Re: Tuning into a dummy load.

Alan... wrote:
I heard somebody tuning on HF last night and as soon as he had finished a voice chirped up ( with no ident, I might add) "Haven't you heard of a Dummy Load?"

Which has made me think.....


If I switch my ATU to Dummy load.. regardless of the frequency my meters show that its tuned. so now when the switch is returned to antenna 1 or antenna 2 which are not resonant obviously the meter shows a mismatch.

So whats the point in tuning into a dummy load when the antenna is what surely should be tuned to... preferably at a low power and a freq that's not in use.

Or am I just having a senile moment at 5 am ...?



They are usually tuning a linear rather than the ATU, I don't know why it takes them so long to tune. I tune the radio and then the linear into a dummy load, set the ATU by ear on receive and about 5 seconds of TX at about 5W into the antenna just to trim the settings of the ATU. Switch on the linear and a few quick oooooolaaaaa's and your away....

Steve H
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