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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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