[Elecraft] KAT500 power source

[Vic K2VCO]

I suspect that the power handling is not really dependent on the SWR, but rather on the 
nature of the impedance that gives rise to that SWR (the resistance and both the magnitude 
and the sign of the reactance).

One antenna system showing a 3:1 SWR might produce high voltages and low currents in the 
tuner, and another the opposite. The stress on the different components might vary all 
over the place.

I know Elecraft is conservative, but I recommend caution  in this case.

On 5/1/2013 7:51 PM, Gerald Manthey wrote:
> Yea, I meant KAT500. Ok I saw it would do 1000 at 3-1 but was curious about
> 1500.
> Thanks
> On May 1, 2013 9:48 PM, "Fred Jensen" <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
>
>> On 5/1/2013 7:38 PM, Gerald Manthey wrote:
>>
>>> Can the KPA500 handle more than 1000 watts? Say like 1100 to 1500?
>>>
>> You must mean KAT500, and I don't think so.  At least I wouldn't try it.
>>   I think it will handle anything the KPA500 will make [~700W], after all,
>> this *is* Elecraft, and that's what they do, but 1,500W is over twice that
>> much and seems to be pushing it more than a little.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Fred K6DGW
>> - Northern California Contest Club
>> - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013
>> - www.cqp.org
>>
>>
>>

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Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
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