On 8/2/14, 1:40 PM, Steve Hunt wrote:
You're correct that any power dissipation due to the voltage will be
twice the matched case dissipation. But I thought - perhaps mistakenly -
we were still discussing voltage breakdown?
Rick pointed out that at kilowatt power levels, voltage breakdown may
not be the real design limit.. thermal dissipation in the dielectric or
copper might be the limit. It may not arc over, but if it melts just
the same, it's no fun.
Steve G3TXQ
On 02/08/2014 21:25, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
Yes, we all know this, but power loss is proportional to the
SQUARE of the voltage, so it is doubled for 2:1 SWR in the worst
case. Am I missing something?
Rick N6RK
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