Excellent point.... I look forward to deploying more/better copper! :-) ______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G
On 4/21/2017 11:32 AM, Alan Bloom wrote: > With 1500W of power, if the SWR is greater than 3:1 you may be > exceeding the ratings of the feedline. For example, Belden 9914 is > rated at a maximum of 300 VRMS, which is 1800W with a 50-ohm feedline > or only 600W with a 3:1 SWR. At 30 MHz, RG-8/213 style coax is > typically rated at 1500W with a 1:1 SWR. > > It's true that you can do more than that with low-duty-factor modes > like CW and SSB, but if you are running much more than 3:1 SWR you may > be in danger of damaging the feedline. > > Alan N1AL > > ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
