I have frequently used my K3 at 100 watts with FT8 and RTTY. I haven’t had anything which would indicate that components are getting overstressed (e.g. bad smells).
Now, I don’t think I have given a full 100 watts when something isn’t connected in the antenna system, although the KAT3 does “match” an open antenna line. Since in that situation, it clicks for a long time before coming to a “match”, I tend to notice that there is a problem before applying full power. 73 Bill AE6JV > On Oct 12, 2023, at 23:42, David Gilbert <ab7e...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought I was clear, but apparently not. It is 100% duty cycle for 13 > seconds, and zero for 2 + 15 seconds. "Duty cycle" is all a function of what > period of time you choose to integrate over. Lots of components if heavily > over stressed can go south in 13 seconds. Whether that is the case with the > KAT3 is unspecified as far as I can tell. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
