Of course there are high voltages or currents in some tuning solutions. Why do people think the Elecraft ATU would not be designed to handle those?
wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Dec 12, 2020, at 7:36 PM, David Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > A matched conditon does NOT prevent the components of the tuner from seeing > high voltages and/or high currents. Check out TLW ... the transmission line > application that comes free with the ARRL Antenna Book. Pick a load that > gives a high SWR and then click on the "Tuner" button for the application to > draw one of four different tuner configurations for you. The app will tell > you what the voltages across each component are, and also the power loss > (i.e., heating effects) in each one. > > 73, > Dave AB7E > > > > > On 12/12/2020 8:18 PM, Walter Underwood wrote: >> Tuning happens at low power, so transients are small. After it is matched, >> why would the K3 ATU not be rated for full power over the full SWR range? >> >> Other components might fail, of course. Amphenol UHF connectors are only >> rated for 500 V. >> >> wunder >> K6WRU >> Walter Underwood >> CM87wj > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
