[TowerTalk] Increasing power capability of 6-meter yagi

[Gedas]

I use a 1 kW Harris SSPA on 6m. The antenna is a 25-30 year old 5-elem 
cushcraft. 99% of the time I use it for meteor scatter and used it when 
FSK441 30-sec frames were common. Feedline is 7/8" heliax so maybe 800W 
at the antenna. Never noticed any changes to the SWR after decades of 
use. 73

Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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On 7/31/2022 11:12 PM, Dick NY1E wrote:
> I've been running my 8877 into my 50-3S for a few years, but after feedline loss I'm probably not getting much more than 1 KW at the antenna anyway....
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>> I have just bought a small Cushcraft 3-element 6-meter yagi.? Only small
>> fly in the ointment is that it is *only* rated at 1 KW.? It looks to me
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