[450] Do you know what this is?

[Chris]

Yep. Its a 55KW dummy load for an FM station. The Harris box next to  
it is a AM station. I forget what it runs in the day but i know it  
runs 4 (yes four) watts at night.



On Mar 7, 2014, at 10:06 PM, K1FSY wrote:

> I'm going to guess that it's some kind of dummy load.
>
> On Friday, March 07, 2014 8:39:40 PM, John Foege wrote:
>> Well..what's the answer then? Or are you waiting for more guesses?
>>
>> On Mar 7, 2014 5:38 PM, "George Andrews" <gandrews at ntplx.net
>> <mailto:gandrews at ntplx.net>> wrote:
>>
>>    It is part of a high power rf set up. Note the flat copper
>>    sheet on the ground. That is to make sure that the cabinets
>>    of everything is at the same potential keeping operators
>>    from becoming crispy critters. It is hard to tell, but that
>>    could be a high power wave guide. I have seen similar wave
>>    guides in MW microwave operations. I can't see enough to
>>    determine any more.
>>
>>    George
>>
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>>    yes its radio related...
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