Subject says it all. VSWR went to 5 at some point during operation of VP8WWW. The filter box was set to 10 meters and connected to a trapped vertical and Kenwood 480HX. Transceiver was set to 200 wat
Thanks for all of the responses. I ended up contacting Jay Terleski at Array Solutions where the boxes were purchased. He referred me to Mike at ICE. Mike is shipping replacement caps so I can do the
and two caps in T have a schematic. I be done with higher It can also be a current problem. You really should look at component ratings and the actual current in the "tank". Just by knowing the comp
I agree on the current problem view point on the filter failure. I had an ICE 6 meter filter that was rated at 250 watts, and it went out several times with the stock caps. I finally replaced the ori
I had a set of ICE bandpass filters that never saw more than 100w - used them on my Icom 751A to drive an amp. After I had used them for a few years I checked for insertion loss and passband. Some ha
than 100w - used them for a few years changed. When I opened were blackened and W3NQN filters. It makes sense that if two samples fail in a few hours at 200 watts, they will be very marginal at 100