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AndyWright · 19th Jun 2021, 2:40 pm

When I was first licenced as a young lad back in 1982, I went to collect my nice new shiny TS530S from Leeds Amateur Radio. Tom the owner showed me how to build a dummy load in a Tate and Lyle golden syrup tin.

It consisted of 20 1kohm resistors arranged in a cylinder, with a so239 in the tin lid. He then told me to fill it with cooking oil (cant remember the brand). It's still in use today, with no sign of the oil smelling.

Andy
G4OJY

19th Jun 2021, 2:40 pm	#19
AndyWright Tetrode Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK. Posts: 92	Re: PW Jan 1983 50 Ohm Dummy load When I was first licenced as a young lad back in 1982, I went to collect my nice new shiny TS530S from Leeds Amateur Radio. Tom the owner showed me how to build a dummy load in a Tate and Lyle golden syrup tin. It consisted of 20 1kohm resistors arranged in a cylinder, with a so239 in the tin lid. He then told me to fill it with cooking oil (cant remember the brand). It's still in use today, with no sign of the oil smelling. Andy G4OJY