FiveFilter
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I just got a couple of 50 ohm dummy load devices from ebay for testing purposes; one 5W and the other 10W rated. I screwed them into the antenna slot of my SWR meter and tried to read the SWRs with my radio. It showed the SWR in the red on all channels with both dummy load devices. I tried them on another SWR meter with the same results.
I noticed on the new dummy load devices that the center probe of the connection is very short and very small compared to what is usually seen on antenna coaxes. Could it be that the new dummy load devices are not making contact appropriately? Would there be any danger of shorting something out if I used a piece of aluminum foil in the connections to make sure they are making a proper contact? Any other ideas of what might be going on?
Thanks!
I noticed on the new dummy load devices that the center probe of the connection is very short and very small compared to what is usually seen on antenna coaxes. Could it be that the new dummy load devices are not making contact appropriately? Would there be any danger of shorting something out if I used a piece of aluminum foil in the connections to make sure they are making a proper contact? Any other ideas of what might be going on?
Thanks!