[Elecraft] KPA500 Coax size requirements

[Jim Danehy]

Losses in COAX is KEY DOWN CONDITIONS. 

ONE DB loss is the LEAST DETECTABLE amount a human can detect. Hardly if not impossible to notice. 

Jim
W9VNE/VA3VNE 

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> On Aug 20, 2019, at 11:28 PM, Mark Goldberg <marklgoldberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Take a look at this coax loss calculator. It will tell you how much loss
> there is in the coax, including extra loss due to SWR. You will have to
> determine how much loss you can tolerate.
> 
> https://www.qsl.net/co8tw/Coax_Calculator.htm
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mark
> W7MLG
> 
>> On Tue, Aug 20, 2019, 12:19 PM Carter Craigie <carterwc128 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello friends,
>> 
>> I am contemplating buying a KPA500 amplifier/tuner Combo, and driving it
>> from my Elecraft K2/100 rig. I hope I would be able to do that!
>> 
>> From what I have read on eHam Reviews, it appears that I can run the
>> amp/tuner combo on 117v. from the convenient wall socket. Is that correct,
>> as well?
>> 
>> I cannot find any mention of the coax requirements, from the radio/combo
>> out to our 80-meter wire loop antenna. Right now, using only my K2/100 I am
>> able to use  8X coax.
>> 
>> Will I still be able to use that coax cable with up to 500 Watts output?
>> 
>> What other considerations do I need to make?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Carter Craigie, N3AO
>> Blacksburg, VA
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Carter, N3AO
>> Blacksburg, VA
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