>-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:elecraft- >[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Brown >Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:59 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [Elecraft] high-power tuner > >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. ______________________________________________________________ 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
