[Elecraft] KPA500 Faulting on high SWR on power rise

Don Wilhelm donwilh at embarqmail.com
Sun Feb 25 06:36:43 EST 2018


Rick and all,

Whether that is true or not depends on the length of the radiator and 
feedline relative to the frequency.  Read my "Antennas" article on my 
website www.w3fpr.com.

There is good reason that the Elecraft BL2 is switchable between 1:1 and 
4:1.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 2/24/2018 10:53 PM, Rick Bates (WA6NHC) wrote:
> In my case, the 4:1 was shown as correct by comparing to a 1:1 (for me).  I was able to find more usable bands with the 4:1 (meaning closer matches).


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