[GCARC] Remote HF Station KPA1500

[JOHN HILL]

Station fine for all but KPA1500 (high power not available).

John W2HUV

> On 11/27/2023 1:54 PM EST Courtney Smith <court_smith at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Any updates?  Is station out of service?
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> Sent: Sunday, November 26, 2023 10:19:04 AM
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> Subject: [GCARC]  Remote HF Station KPA1500
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> It appears that the VSWR Bridge in the KPA1500 has failed.  I say that because the KPA1500 VSWR indication remains at 0:1 no matter what.  SWR and Power indication on the radio are normal.  It appears that the failure occurred sometime Saturday, 11/25/2023, because I was able to make high power contacts in the CQWW CW contest Friday, but not on Saturday.
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