[Elecraft] Antennas and Output Power - KPA-1500

[Don Wilhelm]

Pete,

I would say re-tune after switching with the external antenna switch.
If you have tuned to one antenna (on a single port), and then change the 
load slightly (by switching to the other antenna), a re-tune is necessary.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/15/2020 3:17 PM, N4ZR wrote:
> I have two antennas for 40M, a Carolina Windom and a full-wave parasitic 
> sloper, the latter fed through a 4:1 balun.  The 1500's tuner handles 
> both antennas nicely, and I have trained it on both of them, but when I 
> switch from the Windom to the sloper (on an external antenna switch), 
> the output power changes from ~1400 watts to nearly 1700, often 
> triggering a high current fault.  Any way around that?
>