[Elecraft] Running high power

[Tom Doligalski]

Suggest that this thread has migrated greatly from one directly relevant to Elecraft equipment. 

Tom W4KX

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> On Nov 24, 2022, at 11:45 AM, K9ZTV <k9ztv at socket.net> wrote:
> 
> Amen to everything Steve says.
> 
> DJ0IP, who has done more practical research on off-center-fed dipoles than probably anyone on the planet, has concluded they are fine up to 500-700 watts, but problematic above that and not recommended.
> 
> 73,
> Kent
> K9ZTV
> 
>> On Nov 24, 2022, at 9:37 AM, Steve Hall<99sunset at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Certainly as you increase power you are more likely to cause undesirable
>> effects in the home.  Now I am going to make a generalization that I have
>> found true.  The antenna type makes a significant difference in
>> interference.  Unbalanced antennas introduce more RF into the home as
>> opposed to balanced antennas.  An end-fed or off-center fed causes far more
>> problems than a dipole or inverted Vee.   I have proven this to myself over
>> and over.
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