The resistor in my Cantenna has gone high 90 ohms. Anyone have a spare
resistor available?

73

On 21 Jan 2004 22:00:55 GMT (W9zr) wrote:

The resistor in my Cantenna has gone high 90 ohms. Anyone have a spare
resistor available?

Are you sure it's actually the resistor and not some internal
connection? I'd take it apart and check.

I've contacted Stackpole and gotten replacements from them. I don't
know if they are still in that business, however. I had a nice long
talk with an engineer there and together we figured out that Heath was
buying the wrong part from them. They needed the version made for oil
submersion, but the one that came with the kits I had were all of the
style Stackpole made for dry use.

This would lead to increased changes in the resistor value, but +80%
seems like too much. I saw changes on the order of 5-10%, sometimes
up, sometimes down. The ones that shifted down got fixed on the belt
sander.

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Jim Adney
Madison, WI 53711 USA
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(W9zr) wrote in message ...
The resistor in my Cantenna has gone high 90 ohms. Anyone have a spare
resistor available?

73

I have seen several cases of this ,Resistance too high.. examine the
resistor end clamps,they are made of something similar to brass. they
are brittle ,they get loose and even break.. Check the resistance at
the resistor body (not the clamp) If it is too high then you
definately need to replace the resistor..I have made new clamps using
copper and also silver...good luck W4PQW