[Elecraft] KPA1500 in IARU Contest last Weekend

2020-07-16 Thread Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft
Lots of ideas there but I agree it is most likely a heat issue, that's why I quoted the max temp I saw in the KPA1500(70C). The 2-El yagi antenna is an EAntenna (Spanish design but now part of Wimo in Germany). I wanted to get the 40M Optibeam Moxon but it was not available for some months & bein

Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 in IARU Contest last Weekend

2020-07-16 Thread Igor Sokolov
I had been using 40m 2 el EAntenna in the contest from Madeira running 1.5KW from ACOM2000 with no issues at all. SWR was pretty stable. The antenna is rated for up to 10KW. There is a hairpin matching. Could it be that you had some loose contact there? 73, Igor UA9CDC 16.07.2020 12:56, Ray