It was in NCJ, not QST
... AM
On Oct 2, 2013, at 21:18, <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> I do not recall this article, however I have read a number of complaints on
> contesting.com about blown 10m sections with the ICE filters. FWIW, I have
> had good lucking with Dunestar bandpass filters and I am sure that the W3NQN
> filters are even better.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
>
> To:<towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject:[TowerTalk] blown 10m section of ICE419 again - N1NK comments
> From:"Jim Spears"
> Date:Wed, 2 Oct 2013 20:06:00 -0400
>
> Read the recently published QST review of bandpass filter boxes. The ICE is
> definitely "fragile" at 100 watts going into it at any swr.
>
>
>
> Jim/N1NK
>
> To:<towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject:[TowerTalk] blown 10m section of ICE419 again
> From:"WW3S"
> Date:Wed, 2 Oct 2013 18:15:47 -0400
>
> Both ICE 419 filters blew the 10m side again....both were already repaired
> using the CDE 1000v series caps from Mouser, one had 2 270 pf in, and the
> other
> had 3 180 pf.....the one with 2 blew almost right away, the one with 3
> lasted a
> 2-3 hours maybe....running just 100w into a Cushcraft A4 with what appears
> to
> be low enough SWR.....before I order again from Mouser, any ideas?
>
> 73, Jamie WW3S
>
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