Jerry and all,
OTOH, I would be quite uncomfortable purchasing a modern SS amplifier
that did not implement protection from excessive SWR without depending
on the exciter to throttle back the power.
To my mind, depending on some external device (the exciter) to protect
the amp is a recipe for failure and represents faulty design decisions
from the amplifier designers.
73,
Don W3FPR
Jerry Flanders wrote:
I repeat - my concern is amplifier safety, not a substitute for a
mike gain control. Sooner or later, the antenna will fail, but we
don't know when, and we probably cannot manually cut back drive
quickly enough to protect those expensive SS finals when it occurs.
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