Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power
that would be the ARRL handbook,,, it was for me Bob K3DJC On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:07:54 + (UTC) Al Lorona writes: > About two months ago I posted that amateur radio needs a tutorial, > 'What to expect when you get an amplifier'. As we see again and > again here even basic things like cables, connectors, grounding, and > house wiring that work fine at 100 W may be inadequate for 1500 W. > We need guidance to study our stations piece by piece to ensure > those pieces can handle these power levels without failing or > causing problems. > > Al W6LX > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power
Put a ceramic .1 uF across the connector on the door opener where the wire to the button by the kitchen door comes from. Chuck Hawley c-haw...@illinois.edu Amateur Radio, KE9UW aka Jack, BMW Motorcycles From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net on behalf of Robert Sands Sent: Monday, March 11, 2019 4:32 PM To: Bob McGraw K4TAX Cc: Elecraft Discussion List Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power my garage door opens with only 500 watts. fun reminder about RF capture. On Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 2:20 PM Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > Three things: > > (a) ARRL Handbook - contains everything you need to know and then some. > > (b) ARRL Antenna book - contains everything you need to know and then > some. > > (c) Grounding and Bonding, by Ward Silver, an ARRL Publication - > MANDATORY reading. > > And of course one must visit the contents of these books frequently > along with each manual that came with the product. RTFM > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > > On 3/11/2019 3:07 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > > About two months ago I posted that amateur radio needs a tutorial, 'What > to expect when you get an amplifier'. As we see again and again here even > basic things like cables, connectors, grounding, and house wiring that work > fine at 100 W may be inadequate for 1500 W. We need guidance to study our > stations piece by piece to ensure those pieces can handle these power > levels without failing or causing problems. > > > > Al W6LX > > __ > > 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 > > __ > 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 __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power
The Internet, HTML, Email, and Google have made finding answers much easier. Unfortunately, for every increment of increase in use of these sources, there has been a corresponding decrease in trips to the bookshelf. There has also been a corresponding decrease in the ICFTO Coefficient ["I Can Figure This Out"] and some posts for help are beginning to approximate, "My KPA500 quit. What's wrong?" A side benefit of the books, at least for me, is that I inevitably run across something I didn't know while researching what I walked to the bookshelf for in the first place. 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 3/11/2019 2:19 PM, Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: Three things: (a) ARRL Handbook - contains everything you need to know and then some. (b) ARRL Antenna book - contains everything you need to know and then some. (c) Grounding and Bonding, by Ward Silver, an ARRL Publication - MANDATORY reading. And of course one must visit the contents of these books frequently along with each manual that came with the product. RTFM 73 Bob, K4TAX __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power
my garage door opens with only 500 watts. fun reminder about RF capture. On Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 2:20 PM Bob McGraw K4TAX wrote: > Three things: > > (a) ARRL Handbook - contains everything you need to know and then some. > > (b) ARRL Antenna book - contains everything you need to know and then > some. > > (c) Grounding and Bonding, by Ward Silver, an ARRL Publication - > MANDATORY reading. > > And of course one must visit the contents of these books frequently > along with each manual that came with the product. RTFM > > 73 > > Bob, K4TAX > > > On 3/11/2019 3:07 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > > About two months ago I posted that amateur radio needs a tutorial, 'What > to expect when you get an amplifier'. As we see again and again here even > basic things like cables, connectors, grounding, and house wiring that work > fine at 100 W may be inadequate for 1500 W. We need guidance to study our > stations piece by piece to ensure those pieces can handle these power > levels without failing or causing problems. > > > > Al W6LX > > __ > > 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 > > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power
Three things: (a) ARRL Handbook - contains everything you need to know and then some. (b) ARRL Antenna book - contains everything you need to know and then some. (c) Grounding and Bonding, by Ward Silver, an ARRL Publication - MANDATORY reading. And of course one must visit the contents of these books frequently along with each manual that came with the product. RTFM 73 Bob, K4TAX On 3/11/2019 3:07 PM, Al Lorona wrote: About two months ago I posted that amateur radio needs a tutorial, 'What to expect when you get an amplifier'. As we see again and again here even basic things like cables, connectors, grounding, and house wiring that work fine at 100 W may be inadequate for 1500 W. We need guidance to study our stations piece by piece to ensure those pieces can handle these power levels without failing or causing problems. Al W6LX __ 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power
Anyone who writes one should include a note about replacing older GFCI breakers (ARRL website is quite helpful). Tom W4KX Sent from my iPad > On Mar 11, 2019, at 4:07 PM, Al Lorona wrote: > > About two months ago I posted that amateur radio needs a tutorial, 'What to > expect when you get an amplifier'. As we see again and again here even basic > things like cables, connectors, grounding, and house wiring that work fine at > 100 W may be inadequate for 1500 W. We need guidance to study our stations > piece by piece to ensure those pieces can handle these power levels without > failing or causing problems. > > Al W6LX > __ > 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 __ 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
Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power
There's also the traditional maxim: Get an amp, meet the neighbors. ...robert On 3/11/2019 20:07, Al Lorona wrote: About two months ago I posted that amateur radio needs a tutorial, 'What to expect when you get an amplifier'. As we see again and again here even basic things like cables, connectors, grounding, and house wiring that work fine at 100 W may be inadequate for 1500 W. We need guidance to study our stations piece by piece to ensure those pieces can handle these power levels without failing or causing problems. Al W6LX __ 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 -- Robert G Strickland, PhD ABPH - KE2WY rc...@verizon.net.usa Syracuse, New York, USA __ 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
[Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power
About two months ago I posted that amateur radio needs a tutorial, 'What to expect when you get an amplifier'. As we see again and again here even basic things like cables, connectors, grounding, and house wiring that work fine at 100 W may be inadequate for 1500 W. We need guidance to study our stations piece by piece to ensure those pieces can handle these power levels without failing or causing problems. Al W6LX __ 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
