[Elecraft] Blown trap?

[Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO]

The manual on the MFJ website now specifies that the antenna can handle 
1500 watts SSB without compression, 750 watts CW, and 500 watts RTTY.

The manual that came with my antenna (purchased this March) simply said 
1500 watts CW. It also had the pre-MFJ address for Cushcraft. When I was 
considering what antenna to buy last December I downloaded the manual. 
That one was also the old version.

So apparently they only recently updated the manual.

Too bad -- I would have made a different choice if I'd known.


On 15 Dec 2014 20:49, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Mon,12/15/2014 2:17 AM, Vic Rosenthal 4X6GP/K2VCO wrote:
>> I have heard of this happening with the R8, although it is rated at
>> 1500W CW according to the manual. But I always thought the people it
>> happened to were operating at high SWRs. Maybe these are 1500 MFJ
>> watts, which, as everyone knows, are smaller than regular watts. Has
>> anyone had a similar experience?
>
> Hi Vic,
>
> It might be worth asking this question on the Tower Talk reflector.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC

-- 
73,
Vic, 4X6GP/K2VCO
Rehovot, Israel
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/