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I plan to order my KAT500 as soon as I find new employment. It will
> You bet, Vic. Just read the reviews of antenna tuners in QST, with
> careful attention to the amount of power absorbed in the tuner at some
> load impedance/reactance combinations, and imagine 600 watts being
> dissipated inside a 500-watt tuner.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 5/19/2012 4:39 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote:
>> Oops, wrong again! I see that they make the claim that it will handle 1200-1500 watts on
>> the website. But I suspect you have to be very careful!
>>
>> On 5/19/2012 1:32 PM, Vic K2VCO wrote:
>>> I would expect that this would depend not only on the SWR, but on the nature of the
>>> impedance it sees. Unless someone from Elecraft told you this, I wouldn't risk running
>>> 1500 watts at 3:1 SWR (if Elecraft DID tell you this, then I'm ordering one)!
>>>
>>> On 5/19/2012 11:41 AM, N5GE wrote:
>>>> I will
>>>> handle 10:1 SWR at 500 - 600 watts and 1200 to 1500 watts at 3:1 SWR.
>>> --
>>> Vic, K2VCO
>>> Fresno CA
>>>
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