Topband: Bev directions, accidental xmit

[K9AY]

Dave

1)  A Beverage NNW (e.g. 320 deg.) from Texas would be useful for JA and
other Far East DX locations, and for W7, VE6/7 and Alaska in ragchew or
contest situations.

2) The AY Technologies TRX-9 is adapted from a 50-watt power amplifier
transformer design, so it will handle 100W for a short time.  There is a
surge protector on the antenna side with an 85V breakdown rating -- it will
conduct with anything above 10 watts or so, which will short out the
transformer. Hopefully, this will send your rig into high VSWR shutdown
before any real damage occurs. With luck, it might even protect the
terminating resistor.

Disclaimer: Despite these "probable" results, there is no guarantee, etc.
etc.

73, Gary
K9AY
AY Technologies
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> Thanks for help with previous questions...
>
> I now have two Beverages up -- 850' (260m)going East,
> and 730' (220m) going NNE.  I have space and layout for
> 2 others:
> * one going WSW, but can only be 490' (150m),
> * and the other going NNW for 700' (210m).
>
> Would the one pointing NNW even be a worthwhile direction???
> (My location is Texas.)
>
> Also, a side question -- what happens if I accidentally put 100 watts
> into a K9AY TRX-9 Beverage transformer for a few seconds?
> How about 1kw?   And will it be obvious if I blow the thing up?
> Or am I likely to ruin the terminating resistor instead?  (470 Ohm,
> 2 watts resistor from DX Engineering -
> http://www.dxengineering.com/Products.asp?DeptID=5&SecID=19&ID=37 )
>
> Looking forward to 160SSB this weekend!!!
>
> Thanks & 73,
> Dave NØRQ
> n0rq-1 at dfwair.net