Pete, I ran 1.5kw on 160 with an EFHW and did not have any issues. I ran feedline underground and had great results. I would suspect some rf feedback. Which can cause anomalies.
Bill K9YEQ ________________________________ From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net <elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net> on behalf of Dick Dievendorff <d...@elecraft.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2023 8:54:10 PM To: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n...@gmail.com> Cc: Elecraft List <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA-1500 on 160 The fault table should show what threshold is being exceeded. Recent 160 meter soft fault detail would be of interest. 73 de Dick, K6KR > On Nov 17, 2023, at 19:51, Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have just tried my K-3/KPA-1500 combo on 160. I find that I can only > increase the drive to 26 watts, to deliver about 880 watts input before the > OVR light comes on. Is this to be expected? Don't see anything in the > manual about it. > > -- > 73, Pete N4ZR > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 d...@elecraft.com ______________________________________________________________ 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 k9...@live.com ______________________________________________________________ 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
