Heathkit, so far as I know, never sold oil for the Cantenna... Gave some
advice on where to get it, but that's it. The Hialeah FL retail store had a
local source that they would direct folks to, but didn't carry it
themselves.. I could be wrong about other stores
Gil, W1RG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com>
To: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>; "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 12:07 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Heath Cantenna
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>
>
> >
> >
> > Thermal properties are basically the same as USP mineral oil (drugstore
> > oil). The big differences:
> >
>
> Jim are you sure about that? The reason I ask is that both
> the Heath and the MFJ Cantenna style dummy loads specify
> duty cycle curves for mineral oil and "transformer oil". For
> 1KW, the duty cycle for mineral oil goes to zero, whereas they
> specify 10 minutes (I assume this is from a room temperature
> oil baseline) for transformer oil. Either Heath and MFJ cooked
> the numbers to sell more transformer oil (MFJ sells it for
> $25/gallon), or "transformer oil" is actually better at pulling heat
> away from the Carborundum resistor.
>
> In any case, if this is wrong, I would like to know. Getting
> mineral oil in small quantities is a lot easier and cheaper than
> trying to find real transformer oil.
>
> 73 de Mike, W4EF...............................................
>
>
>
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