Jason,I would recommend that you run the rig on "Low Power". At full power
it's likely to fail quickly into a dead short. Don't think those old RS rigs
had any power foldback for SWR.
The best bet is to make sure all connections are tight and WATERPROOF.
Especially around salt water. Marine grade heat shrink tubing is tough and
watertight. Doesn't hurt to spray Krylon clear coat on all exposed
connections. It's a good UV protectant.
I also put a thick neoprene gasket behind that "Pull for low power" knob
because it is very easy to bump.73,ChuckAC7GZ
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-------- Original message --------From: Jason Belanger
<jaybelanger99@xxxxxxxxx> Date: 9/17/17 17:05 (GMT-07:00) To:
hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [HFbeacons] Re: Little help with setup
So I am the worst tech ever and don't understand what you are actually asking
but I have a beacon (htx100) that has run 24/7 for the last 6 months and I hVe
not gotten that technical into it.... Ground it and let her go.... That's all I
can tell you.
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 17, 2017, at 7:19 PM, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:____________________
Toward the end of October I plan to set up a ten meter beacon at my QTH on
Cayman Brac and leave it running.
My question is:
What is the EASIEST way to protect the rig (HTX-100) if something goes wrong
with the antenna and the SWR goes high? Haven't tried to figure out what the
worst case SWR would be with a dummy load in parallel in the house and the
coax either open or shorted at the antenna. I'm not worried about power
going into a dummy load. The antenna will be a quarter wave vertical within
ten feet of the salt water and it will be plenty loud. Would rather activate
a coax relay and send all the power to the dummy load if the SWR went high
but not sure what the least expensive solution is to do that?
Thanks... Stan, K5GO
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