I have turned down my 148 to 2 1/2 watts DK going into a RM Italy KL-503 but my audio swings to 15 watts and SSB peaks around 19 or 20 watts. My question is with audio swings this high am I going to smoke the amplifier anyway? It has been like this for close to a year now and the KL-503 runs remarkabley cool also. The KL-503 has 5 power settings on high setting I get 300 watts am with a 250 watt DK now if I turn it down to lets say #2 setting I get aprox 120 watt DK but with audio nearly 300 watts. Would it be safer to run my amp on a lower setting since I nearly get 300 watts anyway? all opinions appreciated. This is all a base set up.