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Re: [Amps] AL-80A "spitting" on 80m, Relay problems.

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Subject: Re: [Amps] AL-80A "spitting" on 80m, Relay problems.
From: Steve Thompson <g8gsq@ic24.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 07:36:53 +0100
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Bill Coleman wrote:

>It's really curious that a tuner rated for 2 kW arcs so easily at  
>just 600 watts of CW.
>
>  
>
It's Volts, not Watts that causes the arcing. Your antenna appears to 
have a high enough impedance to produce really high voltage at 600W. 
What VSWR is the tuner is rated to match at 2kW - and is this 2kW of rf, 
or the US style spec. relating to 2kW dc input in the PA?

Steve
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