While tuning up my amp on 40-meters this morning, I managed to burn-up my
2.5 KW (Bird 2500H) element. As I brought the amp's power up to 1KW, I
noticed that the Bird 43 was arcing inside and a few seconds later the slug
stopped functioning. The 43 meter is fine and all lower power slugs read
just fine. Anyone know why a slug would burn up? Thanks!
-Paul, W9AC
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