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Re: dubious

Agreed. Dummy loads tend to have a specification of impedance and wattage. Attenuators have attenuation (and power etc). So I suspect it was an attenuator inline with the radar head rather than a dummy load replacing it.

Makes sense too as that would give a functional, albeit short range, radar for their testing. And cranking up the power briefly for such a prank is perfectly feasible (just not for too long or your attenuator will overheat)

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