[1000mp] Quadra Amp

[Pete Smith]

At 09:52 AM 7/19/2004, Mark Tetrault wrote:
>So it woul appear to be either the antennaor the lead. The lead is new
>coax and is NOT shorted, pinched or looped. Goes across the shack, out a
>small hole in the window frame, off the roof to the ground, over the
>ground to the twin lead connection.

I would try putting the dummy load out at the end of the coax, to verify 
that it's not breakdown in the coax or (more likely) in one of the 
connectors.  I have had a number of episodes where feedlines were fine at 
~100 watts but would go flooey (technically speaking) at 12-1300 watts.  In 
each case it turned out to be a connector (water infiltration or lousy 
soldering).


73, Pete N4ZR
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