Amp install...just the facts!!

Joseph

KF4HR

bahillen

Be careful of closets with closed doors. You can count on a lot of heat. In operate , there is some added heat and temp resets 12-15 degrees. In transmit at legal limit power dissipated is 50 % or more. Your closet will become an oven possibly. You can use ventilation I would imagine. Just put a couple 1,000 watt heaters in your closet and measure the temperature rise. Before making permanent wiring try the amp with temp cabling and watch the ambient temperature and device temperature running FT8. The Flex temperature performance has been great and I raise the subject so you are sensitive to the amplifiers environment. The closer you get the amp to the outside wall the less RF you may have in the house. This also goes for lightning protection in general. I have recently read that 80% of a lightening strike runs on the outside of the antenna coax. I have had my amp for 5 months and have learned a lot. Hook it up and operate, no problem. If you want to get the most value that takes time. The PGXL is the tool, getting outstanding operation is the hobby. For example, I use only wire antennas and with a tube amp or 100 watts, you just key up. I have tweaked the antennas and repaired some insulator arc over since being operational. 3:1 SWR is not desirable anymore. When the rain starts and the wind blows SWR doesn’t get any better. It only happens when that rare one is coming in. 73 Bill W9JJB