[TowerTalk] Force12 C3XL : help

Sun, 11 Jan 1998 20:55:44 -0600

At 03:20 PM 1/11/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi everybody.
>During last CQWW CW, my C3XL had a fault on 20m. Reflector. With 1 Kw, the
>insulator leterarily was melted by RF....
>Sante Lillo, IK0HBN 

I think the problem is that the antenna was manufactured to handle a U.S. 1
Kw, not an Italian 1 Kw.  I think it was only designed to handle 300 watts
of Italian power. :-)

73 - Scott KA9FOX
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