And for that reason as Roy stated, those components that are rated
"legal limit" are done so under MATCHED conditions. Use a legal limit
component in a condition where SWR is 2:1 or 3:1 or higher and one is
likely to find it becoming a smoke generator at legal limit or even less.
Case and point, the KAT500 ATU is rated at 600 watts, 3 - 30 MHz, 5 oh
On 4/9/2019 7:56 PM, Don Sanders wrote:
From memory now, at 2 to 1...feedline voltage nodes and current nodes can
double -- no small thing when power is 1500 watts; can stress antenna
system
components.
73, Roy K6XK
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