This is an exciting day for me — we finally get to build some ham radio gear! To me, building gear is the big attraction of amateur radio as a hobby. Sure, it’s cool to buy a radio, even a cheap one, ...

Transmission equipment maker Kintronic Labs will be showing a new line of air-cooled dummy loads at the NAB Show. The power ratings range from 5 kW to 75 kW with peak envelope power expected to be ...

Kintronic Laboratories doesn’t mind that dummy loads have long been the butt of engineer jokes. They’ll keep developing new ones. For the 2011 NAB Show, two new ones will be in the Kintronic booth.