I do a lot of meteor scatter on 6 meters, where there is 30 seconds on and 30 seconds off. I've never had a problem with my KPA500 using that mode, although to be safe I do turn up the fans to number 5 (probably don't need to but makes me feel better), and I monitor the temperature.
I do get a little more than 500 watts output on the other bands, but on 6 meters it is exactly 500 watts on my Bird. 73 de Sebastian, W4AS On Dec 11, 2012, at 1:11 PM, Pete Lascell <plasc...@verizon.net> wrote: > Operating my K3 on 6 meters with the KPA500 ( S/N 1009 ) is new ground for me. > > Specs seem to indicate the RF output should not degrade on 50 MHz and is > rated for 500 watts PEP CW / SSB / DATA. Can I assume I should be able to > get 500 watts RTTY carrier for 15 seconds ? I get a "fault" within half a > second if driving it for power out levels higher than 250 watts. My TEMP has > never gone above 60 C. > > What should I expect to be normal operation on 6 meters? > > > Pete W4WWQ ______________________________________________________________ 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
