[TowerTalk] AL-1200 arcing during QRO RTTY contesting

[n4kg@juno.com]

You spoke of a loose coax connector.

Do you HAND tighten them?

If so, you need to use pliers
to get them really tight.

Heat will cause metal to expand and
could loosen a connector that was not really tight
to begin with.

A bad connection can result in high SWR
which creates HIGHER  VOLTAGES in the
amplifier / output network / bandswitch.

Tom  N4KG



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