KPA-1500 SWR fault above 700-800 watts on 160m
Posted by
Ken Ramirez de Arellano on
Sep 02, 2020; 9:41pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KPA-1500-SWR-fault-above-700-800-watts-on-160m-tp7664618.html
Every bit of antenna hardware ( coax, balun, insulators, etc. have been
changed out or proven good. Connections are all solid. My KPA1500 will
transmit above 800 watts for about 15-30 seconds and then the SWR jumps up
and it faults out for high VSWR. I can run 1500 watts on all the other
“Legacy” bands (10,15,20,40,80) with no problems. I’ve forced an STU
relearn and still the same issue. The antenna B amp is a Clipperton L and
that transmits at a KW out and I see no change in VSWR in the external
wattmeter using all of the same cabling. It’s starting to look like
something heating up in the KPA1500. Is anyone aware of a known issue for
this with the KPA1500 or a known fix? I would rather do a field repair
instead of sending to Elecraft from KP4. TIA Ken, KP3MM
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Ken Ramirez
KP3MM
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