• You can now help support WorldwideDX when you shop on Amazon at no additional cost to you! Simply follow this Shop on Amazon link first and a portion of any purchase is sent to WorldwideDX to help with site costs.

Recent content by Bandrunner

  1. B

    Dummy load fluid

    I'm just about to build an oil-cooled dummy load by inserting an air-cooled one with two parallel 100ohm Carborundum resistors in a frame, into a stainless pot and filling it with ATF. I'll not be running any more than 100W into it, for now, until I get something more powerful to try out. I'll...
  2. B

    A Dipole for your CB Base Station?

    On balance, it's working quite well, though. I'm happy enough with it, for a $ outlay of next to nothing :)
  3. B

    A Dipole for your CB Base Station?

    When I dropped my 50ft mast recently to put a tilt-over joint in it and mount a reconditioned A-99 on top, I took the opportunity to add an inverted-V 11m dipole on two of the guy ropes. It works well, but I think I should have wound an RF choke on the feedline at the top. No matter, the mast is...