[Elecraft] How much power can a KPA500 handle in bypass?

[Kevin, N4TT]

I believe accidentally hitting the KPA500 with 200 w while in operate
stands a real chance of damaging the KPA500. I have a broken KPA500 in the
shack that was damaged with a 100 watt rig (not sure if 100 watts was being
sent). Paper troubleshooting here on the list seems to indicate one of the
PIN switching diodes broke. History of the conversation should be in the
list archives.

73,
Kev N4TT

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 7:29 AM Nr4c <nr4c at widomaker.com> wrote:

> Yeah, the group. We could take a vote. Or just ask Elecraft directly. This
> seems more of a tech support question to me.
>
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>
> > On Aug 21, 2019, at 11:49 PM, Jim Rhodes <jim at rhodesend.net> wrote:
> >
> > Well, if you overdrive it in operate mode it just drops out to standby.
> So
> > no problem there (I wouldn't make a habit of it though). As far as 200
> > watts in standby I will have to defer to the group.
> >
> >> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:16 PM Tom <elecraft.list at videotron.ca>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> HI,
> >> I am setting up a multi-radio to  one antenna switch and to get the
> maximum
> >> flexibility I would like to pass all of them through a KPA500 / KAT500
> >> combination. So several radios connected to a switch, the output of the
> >> switch to the input of the KPA500 and from there out to the KAT500.
> >> All of the radios are under 100W but one is 200W.  Will this be an issue
> >> with the KPA500 in bypass?
> >> A related question, what if I accidently put the 200W in in operate?
> Just
> >> covering all my bases here.
> >> Thanks, Tom
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