KPA100 RFC10 choke

[Pierre]

Well, I think that the removal of RFC10 is adding a risk to this fine rig.
To rely on external protection (at the antenna
or at the transmission line is risky at best.. As far as I know, all major
brands (Icom, Yaesu..) are providing the extra protection
given by an appropriate choke inside the rig.

I am surprised to see that Elecraft did not find a way to keep the choke
inside the rig and the protection associated with it, instead of
relying on arbitrary external elements...

73, de Pierre VE2PID

K2/100 S/N 5170
KX1 S/N 442

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[Mark Bayern]

OK ... what is preventing you from installing the choke?  My K2/100
has it and does not have the oscillation problem.

Mark AD5SS
K2/100  5340
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[Stewart Baker]

If the worry is about circuit damage due to static on the antenna, why not
replace RFC10 with a suitable high value resistor ?

73
Stewart G3RXQ

On Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:51:56 -0400, Pierre Desjardins wrote:

> Well, I think that the removal of RFC10 is adding a risk to this fine rig.
>
> To rely on external protection (at the antenna
> or at the transmission line is risky at best.. As far as I know, all major
> brands (Icom, Yaesu..) are providing the extra protection
> given by an appropriate choke inside the rig.
>
> I am surprised to see that Elecraft did not find a way to keep the choke
> inside the rig and the protection associated with it, instead of
> relying on arbitrary external elements...
>
> 73, de Pierre VE2PID
>
> K2/100 S/N 5170
> KX1 S/N 442
>
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