Modern Dummy Load

Forget classic oil cooled dummy loads and make a power chip resistor based dummy load by using a 50 ohm power resitor on a heatsink. For a short time loading you can use a smaller heatsink. For higher duty cycle use a bigger heatsink or a fan cooled heatsink. Bolt down a 50 ohm power chip resistor to a heatsink with a thermal paste and install a RF connector of your choice. This way you can easily make a good dummy load from HF to VHF.

 
250W                                                            500W                                                             1000W


Power chip resistors eg from
www.pcs-electronics.com/power-resistors-p-2617.html
www.rf-microwave.com/en/flange-mount-terminations-resistors/527/

Use an aluminum angle piece for a coaxial connector
 



QRO heatsink for moderate
duty cycle



Fan cooled QRO heatsink for higher duty cycle


Update 2021-05-26 OH7SV

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