I run mine on 6 meter meteor scatter at full power all the time. Sometimes for up to an hour continuous (30 seconds on, 30 seconds off). I have mentioned this to Elecraft and they didn't have any concerns about it.
73 de Sebastian, W4AS On Sep 30, 2013, at 3:36 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > FWIW: I run my KPA500 at 500W in any mode [well ... not PSK31 :-)] and it > handles it just fine. I seem to remember, during the KPA500 field testing, > that Jim, K9YC, was told to run his at 700W in a RTTY contest and it did it > just fine there too. Difference between 400 and 500 is less than 1dB, and to > each his own of course, but I think the amp is more robust than some may > think. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > - Northern California Contest Club > - CU in the 2013 Cal QSO Party 5-6 Oct 2013 > - www.cqp.org > > On 9/30/2013 8:35 AM, KD3TB wrote: > >> I ran the KPA500 in the CQWW RTTY contest this weekend. With a drive power >> of 15 to 20W from the K3, I kept the KPA500 output between 350 and 400W >> output. Even during runs (calling CQ), the temperature never went above 65 >> degrees on the KAT500 meter. The cooling fan changed speeds as needed and >> kept the amp with its tolerances. This was enough power to break pile ups >> and get into Asia with no trouble. > > _ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
