My observation , also. Another approach would be for automatic drive adjustment, or ALC that worked. The latter, I know, is very difficult to do with an amp.
Scott K9MA ---------- Scott Ellington --- via iPad > On Jun 22, 2018, at 2:36 PM, Paul Baldock <p...@paulbaldock.com> wrote: > > I have found that if the KPA1500 is feeding a largish SWR (like 1.5:1 as you > suggest) then the drive power required to maintain a constant output will > vary significantly as you tune across a band. This means you have to keep > adjusting the power control within a single band. This appears not to occur > if the SWR is 1.1:1 or better. ______________________________________________________________ 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
