Posted by
Gary Ferdinand on
Feb 24, 2012; 7:59pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/high-power-tuner-tp7314904p7315904.html
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>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:59 PM
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>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] high-power tuner
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>On 2/24/2012 8:57 AM, Gary Ferdinand wrote:
>> [The Palstar BT1500A] is not spec'd for 1500 continuous, so forget
RTTY/etc and beware full
>> power tune-ups.
>
>Few power amps are rated for1.5kW continuous. Yes, there are a few,
>like some Alpha models. Most are rated for 1.5kW intermittent duty, and
>should be de-rated by a few dB for keydown modes.
My mistake, I guess. I run an Alpha 9500. A true 1.5 kW tuner is important
to me at least.
>
>The Ten Tec tuners I mentioned fall into that category too -- indeed,
>there are a few fixed caps that will release smoke when run at 1.5kW
>into some loads for long periods during a contest, but those caps are
>easily replaced with parts rated for more current, and the replacements
>are not expensive.
Good to hear. But if a tuner is advertised to handle 1500 W, it should do so
without user mods.
>
>Folks should be more patient with Elecraft -- they are well known for
>taking enough time with engineering both at the design and manufacturing
>stage to produce a product we'll be happy to own, as Wayne's recent post
>in this thread clearly illustrates.
The original poster talked about 1500 W. Is Elecraft considering such a
tuner? That would be new (and great!) news to me. For some reason I was
under the assumption it would handle around 500 W.
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