CANTENNA

[JBA]

To my friend Gene,

I was wondering how long this thread was going to run before someone finally
blew! HAHA!

For 29 years I've been using two Cantenna dummy loads and a Dentron "Big
Dummy" unit in my shack.
One Cantenna has had Pennzoil 10W40, the other Cantenna has had Texaco 30
weight non detergent in it, and the Dentron has had transformer oil,
obtained from the power company. I've had the current legal limit running
through all three on a regular basis over the past three decades. There
doesn't seem to be any difference in the performance of the three. All three
handle 1500 watts output for their rated amount of time. All three get warm,
but not overly hot, when pumping the power into them ---- and yes, all three
would probably blow up and catch fire if I was a total idiot and disregarded
the posted instructions on the side of the can.
Of course your mileage may vary.
Cheers!
de Benton wb5twc


----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene A. Nailon" <k5dle at JUNO.COM>
To: <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 6:37 PM
Subject: CANTENNA


> TO: ALL CANTENNA EXPERTS!!! ie! HUMANATARIAN DO GOODERS
> SAFETY INSPECTORS, OIL EXPERTS, PEANUT EXPERTS AND,
> ROCKET SCIENTS, BRAIN SURGONS and ANY ONE I MAY HAVE MISSED:
>
> ALL OIL will burn if it gets HOT ENOUGH!!!
>
> Please provide a list  (ONE NAME CALL AND LOCATION WILL DO)
> of all the people who have been KILLED and INCENTERATED by a
> exploding CANTENNA with any kind of oil.  Must be verifiable
> In all the years of the Cantenna I have yet to hear of ONE.
>
> I have had a homebrew cantenna (2) one gallon paint cans
> soldered togeather so the resistor would fit, for the last
> 30 years.   It does not leak, smell bad, it just works.
> 2 KW many times.
>
> Also, let me state, anyone who is dumb enough to get a
> cantenna hot enough to explode, with any kind of oil,
> deserves to get killed----DARWIN AGAIN.
>
> TRUTH BE KNOWN, ALMOST ANY KIND OF OIL WILL WORK.
> ALSO, DAMN FEW ENGINES CATCH ON FIRE, AND THEY RUN
> A LOT HOTTER THAN A CANTENNA SHOULD EVER RUN,
> REF: ABOVE
>
> 73, GENE NAILON  K5DLE
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