[Elecraft] KPA500 - Full Power Keydown

[Harry Yingst via Elecraft]

500w Forever as in set a brick on the key and walk away???







      From: Fred C. Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net>
 To: Harry Yingst <hlyingst at yahoo.com>; "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2015 9:37 AM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 - Full Power Keydown
   
You "can" run 500 W forever.  Most of us do, it seems

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA

Harry Yingst via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>How long can you run the full 500 Watts for (duration)?
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>I know the Manual states "Duty Cycle at 500 Watts 10 minutes key down / 5 minutes standby"
>For those running Full power Keydown modes (SSTV, ETC) what has been your experience?
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>Thank you
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