Re: Tuning into a dummy load.


"Alan..." <alan@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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 ...?

Yep he was probably tuning his amp. Was it on 80m? Average power down their
with the old timers is around 300 watts. Most use valve amps which require
tuning (plate and load).





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