[Elecraft] KPA1500 duty cycle

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

The KPA1500 can handle 1500W RTTY contest operation with no problem. Same for CW.

(One of our Field Testers is W0YK. See his review on eHam.)

73,
Eric
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On 2/15/2018 6:48 AM, Nr4c wrote:
> And you can affect duty cycle by adjusting the cw repetition rate. If it gets too hot increase the delay.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
>
>
>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 7:39 AM, "john at kk9a.com" <john at kk9a.com> wrote:
>>
>> RTTY contesting has a much higher duty cycle, especially when using a
>> single radio and no one is answering your CQs.
>>
>> John KK9A
>>
>>
>> On Feb 15 03:51:39 G4DYA wrote:
>>
>> The FT8 parameters were tweaked slightly during the beta phase prior to
>> the release of WSJT-X 1.8.0, and the TX time was reduced to 12.64 sec,
>> so the duty cycle is now about 42%.
>>
>> 73,
>> Richard G4DYA
>>
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