[Elecraft] 80m KPA1500 High reflected power problems

[Grant Youngman]

Don’t overlook any F-F connector’s in the system.  The first time I hit my Hexbeam with the legal limit, the F-F connector joining my feed line to the antenna connection stub arced over.  It had always been fine at low power, but was a fester find that turned out not to be a bargain.  It was completely cooked.  Fortunately, my SWR bridge tripped off the transmit line on high SWR. Probably at some high but lower power level it would have only sporadically arced creating a much more fun diagnosis problem.

Grant NQ5T
K3 #2091 KX3 #8342

> On Mar 9, 2019, at 2:09 PM, Jamie WW3S <ww3s at zoominternet.net> wrote:
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> Any cheap bulkhead connectors in the feed? I just got burnt by one on my radial plate....
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> Sent from my Verizon Motorola Smartphone
> On Mar 9, 2019 2:04 PM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
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