"Cantenna" With Motor Oil?

[Heinz und Hannelore Breuer]

Well I wonder if extra virgin Olive oil is better than Sunflower oil? At
least it tastes and smells better. I will definitely avoid rape seed
oil.
Walnut oil might be good too, warm it up in the Cantenna and then use it
in the cantina.
73
Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT




Bruce wrote:
>
> Use vegetable Cooking oil. I have 2 Cantenna's and one has mineral oil and the other has vegetable cooking oil in it, I have ran 700 watts through the vegetable with out any trouble, and I am sure it will handle more.
> I to was looking for mineral oil for the 2nd cantenna but could not find any. I was on a web site and read that another Ham use vegetable oil and its beem working just great.
>
> I have a small quart size homebrew "Cantenna", and I use motor oil in it. I
> only run 100 watts into it, but it works fine.
>
> Al, NE2D
>
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>
> For some bizzare reason, mineral oil is very hard to come by in my county.
> Some ham says he actually uses motor oil for his homebrew "Cantenna"...:
>
> http://www.qsl.net/iz7ath/web/02_brew/15_lab/03_dummy/pag01_eng.htm
>
> ...and I was wondering if anyone had ever tried this with the Heathkit
> Cantenna.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lin/KJ6EF
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