Mineral Oil

Bill Coleman aa4lr at ARRL.NET
Sat Dec 17 19:06:05 EST 2005


On Dec 16, 2005, at 9:55 PM, Floyd Winters wrote:

> Mineral oil is another bad choice.  Boiling point is to low to be  
> safely
> used in a confined space.

Depends. If you want to use your cantenna to load up a 200 watt rig,  
the mineral oil will do nicely. If you want to use it as a load for a  
1500 watt output amplifier, even transformer oil may not be enough.  
Depends on how long you keep the key down.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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