Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power

2019-03-11 Thread riese-k3djc
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 c

Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power

2019-03-11 Thread hawley, charles j jr
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 thi

Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power

2019-03-11 Thread Fred Jensen
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

Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power

2019-03-11 Thread Robert Sands
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 >

Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power

2019-03-11 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
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

Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power

2019-03-11 Thread Tom Doligalski via Elecraft
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 a

Re: [Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power

2019-03-11 Thread Robert G Strickland via Elecraft
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, connec

[Elecraft] 1500 W is a lot of power

2019-03-11 Thread Al Lorona
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