Robert - I have run my KPA500 at rated power for several years from nominal 120 volt mains. I operate mostly CW with some RTTY as well. I have had many long CW rag chews, but not much contest operation. My guess is that you should have no problem.
Dave - K9FN On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 10:24 PM Robert G Strickland <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the conventional wisdom on running the KPA500 on 110v? At my > previous QTH I had 220v, so never had to face this issue. In my new QTH > there's no 220v -yet. The operating environment is 100% cw with > occasional contests. Thanks for all opinions in advance. > > ...robert > -- > Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY > [email protected] > Syracuse, New York, USA > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > ______________________________________________________________ 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]

