[Amps] Stock up on tubes?

[Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF]]

Den 06-12-2016 kl. 16:01 skrev Peter Frenning [OZ1PIF]:
> Den 06-12-2016 kl. 15:26 skrev Catherine James:
>> Is that VSWR of 65:1 key-down transmit at 1,700 watts, without any pulsing?  So if I accidentally transmit normal hand-sent slow CW into a bad antenna mismatch, no damage will occur?
>>
>> I've gotten really suspicious of those high SWR claims for solid-state power devices because they are always qualified heavily by duty cycle.
>>
>> --Cathy

Well Cathy, my homebrew 144MHz LDMOS amp survived doing this to the 
output relay (See:
http://www.frenning.dk/OZ1PIF_HOMEPAGE/LDMOS_SSPA.html (Towards the end 
of the article))

-- 
Vy 73 de OZ1PIF/5Q2M, Peter

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