I have had a Daiwa two position switch for decades. It is not part of my permanent setup however I have used it on many occasions running legal limit on HF without issue. It appears to be a well made switch. If they did not discontinue the four position one I would have purchased one for a DXpedition. Power ratings are frequency related, your switch is rated up to 600MHz and perhaps the UHF connectors are the limiting factor. At what frequency is it rated for 1KW CW? You did not specify what bands you operate, if you want the best manual coax switch look at a Bird.
John KK9A Elecraft] Coax Switches for KPA1500 Dauer, Edward edauer at law.du.edu What sort of mechanical coax switches are available for 1500 watts continuous power? The one item I haven't yet upgraded since putting the KPA1500 amp in place was a two-position coax switch. I have the K3/KPA1500 on one side and a standby rig - a K2/100 - on the other, switching either one to the antenna feed. The Daiwa CS-201A that I have in place now is rated to 2.5 KW SSB but only 1.0 KW CW. The Daiwa 201GII has a 1.5 KW CW power rating, but it comes only with N-type connectors. I could use that with three N-to-UHF adapters, I suppose, or redo three coax terminations; but thought I'd ask first if anyone knows of a manual switch with high isolation, unused side grounded, 1.5 KW continuous power capability, and UHF-F connectors. My Internet search came up empty. Thanks in advance, Ted, KN1CBR ______________________________________________________________ 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]
