Does the KPA500 tolerate a 67% on, 33% off, RTTY duty cycle indefinitely? That would be the worst actual contesting cycle I know of.
73, Guy. On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Lyle Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes. > > 500W peak power. In SSB, this would be PEP. In CW, it is key down. In > RTTY, it is 500W. In AM it is 125W carrier assuming modulation is > limited to 100% positive, etc. > > This is not to say you can send a 30 minute continuous brag tape in > RTTY, of course. Thermal considerations (including your shack's > particular ambeint air temperature) will dictate the duty cycle limits. > > 73, > > Lyle KK7P > >> Does the KPA500 put out 500 watts in ALL modes? In looking at the spec sheet >> it really does not say. > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
