Cool Amateur Radio images

Some cool Amateur Radio images:

CRW_6931: Measuring the PVC for the Boom

Image by ac4lt

1206 SMT resistor compared to penny

Image by bnp
Traditionally, hobbyists have used through-hole components. Virtually all commercial products now use surface mount components. Hobbyists are slowly being dragged over to surface mount parts. The 1206 resistor, to the right of the penny, is just .12 inches by .06 inches. It is one of the larger surface mount sizes. The NorCal Dummy Load uses 44 of these 2.2 kOhm resistors.