Re: [Elecraft] K2 Antenna Tolerance

2013-07-05 Thread Ingo Meyer, DK3RED
Hello Tom, I've just finished my K2 bare bones, and would like to get on the air. What SWR will the finals tolerate without harm? I'm using a ground mounted trap vertical I have used my old K2 (#01118, modified for 5 watts output) also without an antenna, but without deletions of the finals,

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Antenna Tolerance

2013-07-04 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Field Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2013 2:40 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] K2 Antenna Tolerance I've just finished my K2 bare bones, and would like to get on the air. What SWR will

Re: [Elecraft] K2 Antenna Tolerance

2013-07-04 Thread Don Wilhelm
Tom, Although unspecified, the bare-bones K2 will likely be OK working into a 1.5 SWR. However, the power control mechanism may suffer a bit. The basic K2 measures the RF voltage on the output and the MCU computes the power out assuming that the load is 50 ohms resistive, so with *any* SWR,

[Elecraft] K2 Antenna Tolerance

2013-07-04 Thread Tom Field
I've just finished my K2 bare bones, and would like to get on the air. What SWR will the finals tolerate without harm? I'm using a ground mounted trap vertical Tom KI6NRD __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listi