[Elecraft] For those at Dayton (KAT500)

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

You bet, Vic.  Just read the reviews of antenna tuners in QST, with 
careful attention to the amount of power absorbed in the tuner at some 
load impedance/reactance combinations, and imagine 600 watts being 
dissipated inside a 500-watt tuner.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 5/19/2012 4:39 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote:
> Oops, wrong again! I see that they make the claim that it will handle 1200-1500 watts on
> the website. But I suspect you have to be very careful!
>
> On 5/19/2012 1:32 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote:
>> I would expect that this would depend not only on the SWR, but on the nature of the
>> impedance it sees. Unless someone from Elecraft told you this, I wouldn't risk running
>> 1500 watts at 3:1 SWR (if Elecraft DID tell you this, then I'm ordering one)!
>>
>> On 5/19/2012 11:41 AM, N5GE wrote:
>>> I will
>>> handle 10:1 SWR at 500 - 600 watts and 1200 to 1500 watts at 3:1 SWR.
>>
>> -- 
>> Vic, K2VCO
>> Fresno CA
>> http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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