That's right Chuck. But, as Bill observed, SWR swings while the KAT500 is tuning could endanger components in some non-Elecraft rigs driving it at that power.
If a "tender" QRO amp that cannot handle a large mismatch at its output were to feed high power (>100 watts) into the KAT500 it could suffer a failure since the KAT500 will refuse to switch to protect itself from damage. The amp will see whatever SWR is present. So it's important for someone operating a non-Elecraft amplifier, or barefoot rig for that matter, to know how to configure it for safe tuning, whether they are using a KAT500 or any other tuner. 73, Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Seems like I read it, the KAT500, was good up to 100 watts for tuning. Sent from my iPad Chuck, KE9UW (Jack for BMW motorcycles) ______________________________________________________________ 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
