Re: KPA 500

Posted by Irwin KD3TB on Apr 10, 2020; 4:43pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KPA-500-tp7659606p7659618.html

Agreed. Many people buy the cheap ones made in China....and they fail.

Irwin KD3TB

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 12:28 PM Jim Brown <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> On 4/10/2020 8:45 AM, Irwin Darack wrote:
> > In my experience, coax connectors, barrel connectors, etc. are always
> fail
> > points when there is a sudden increase in SWR as power is increased. They
> > oxidize over time and sometimes just reconnecting or replacing is the
> first
> > step before taking the amp apart.
>
> If this is happening, I'd suspect 1) the connectors have gotten wet or
> 2) the are JUNK connectors. If they aren't labeled "Amphenol," they're
> JUNK.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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