The 110 Volt AC will be fine and draw 9 amps key down — within a 15 amp circuit breaker with plenty for more uses. If VSWR is ok then RG-8X is fine. I have used LMR-240 as well but is intended for higher frequencies up to UHF.
Have fun out there! On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 17:50 Nr4c <n...@widomaker.com> wrote: > RG-8X will be fine. LMR-240 is also a good choice, a little less loss. > > Sent from my iPhone > ...nr4c. bill > > > > On Aug 20, 2019, at 3:11 PM, Carter Craigie <carterwc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hello friends, > > > > I am contemplating buying a KPA500 amplifier/tuner Combo, and driving it > > from my Elecraft K2/100 rig. I hope I would be able to do that! > > > > From what I have read on eHam Reviews, it appears that I can run the > > amp/tuner combo on 117v. from the convenient wall socket. Is that > correct, > > as well? > > > > I cannot find any mention of the coax requirements, from the radio/combo > > out to our 80-meter wire loop antenna. Right now, using only my K2/100 I > am > > able to use 8X coax. > > > > Will I still be able to use that coax cable with up to 500 Watts output? > > > > What other considerations do I need to make? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Carter Craigie, N3AO > > Blacksburg, VA > > > > > > -- > > Carter, N3AO > > Blacksburg, VA > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 n...@widomaker.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 w3tb....@gmail.com > -- 73 de Ted Edwards, W3TB and GØPWW and thinking about operating CW: "Do today what others won't, so you can do tomorrow what others can't." ______________________________________________________________ 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
