Applause for KPA-1500

[N4ZR]

Coming up to my one-year anniversary with this amp, and feel the need to
applaud.  Thanks to great support from Eric, Dick and Bob, my
K3/KPA-1500 combination now feels like a single, 1500-watt transceiver. 
It is just so darned simple to operate, and trouble-free.  When you have
compromise antennas like I do these days, it is a real pleasure to run
trouble-free 1.5 KW - life's way too short for less.

--

73, Pete N4ZR
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[Richard Zalewski]

Amen.

Richard
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 7:37 AM N4ZR <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Coming up to my one-year anniversary with this amp, and feel the need to
> applaud.  Thanks to great support from Eric, Dick and Bob, my
> K3/KPA-1500 combination now feels like a single, 1500-watt transceiver.
> It is just so darned simple to operate, and trouble-free.  When you have
> compromise antennas like I do these days, it is a real pleasure to run
> trouble-free 1.5 KW - life's way too short for less.
>
> --
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> Check out the Reverse Beacon Network
> at <http://reversebeacon.net>, now
> spotting RTTY activity worldwide.
> For spots, please use your favorite
> "retail" DX cluster.
>
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[Bob McGraw - K4TAX]

Bravo to that.    Although I do not have a KPA1500, I do have a KPA500,
KAT500, P3, and K3S.   With three antennas connected to the KAT500 I
easily work 160M through 6M as though I have a 500 watt transceiver and
a broadband antenna system.   Yes, it is a trouble free system and one
that is a delight to own and operate.

Thank you Wayne, Eric and the Elecraft staff.

73

Bob, K4TAX



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[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

Yeah.  Mine is in the shop for xmas.


Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Applause for KPA-1500

Bravo to that.    Although I do not have a KPA1500, I do have a KPA500, KAT500, P3, and K3S.   With three antennas connected to the KAT500 I easily work 160M through 6M as though I have a 500 watt transceiver and a broadband antenna system.   Yes, it is a trouble free system and one that is a delight to own and operate.

Thank you Wayne, Eric and the Elecraft staff.

73

Bob, K4TAX



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[kd4iz]

And I will second Bob's comment about the KPA500/KAT500.

In line with the "plays well with others" marketing theme about all of the Elecraft amps, it is a seamless and stellar performer with some of the ICOM radios. I use it with both the 7300 and 7100 here. ICOM's use of a "different" ATU interface language is not a help, but is also not a hinderance if you understand those differences. My antenna system has similar capabilities to what he describes.

In my dreams...  would be great to own a K4, but that will not happen unless I win the lottery... So I couldn't be more pleased with my used KPA500/KAT500 combo as I have been using them.

KD4IZ
Jack Spitznagel
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 10:40
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Applause for KPA-1500

Bravo to that.    Although I do not have a KPA1500, I do have a KPA500, KAT500, P3, and K3S.   With three antennas connected to the KAT500 I easily work 160M through 6M as though I have a 500 watt transceiver and a broadband antenna system.   Yes, it is a trouble free system and one that is a delight to own and operate.

Thank you Wayne, Eric and the Elecraft staff.

73

Bob, K4TAX



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[Hisashi T Fujinaka]

Lucky. Mine was in the shop once and now it's throwing more PS errors.
Hoping that's just intermittent.

On Thu, 19 Dec 2019, N4ZR wrote:

> Coming up to my one-year anniversary with this amp, and feel the need to
> applaud.  Thanks to great support from Eric, Dick and Bob, my
> K3/KPA-1500 combination now feels like a single, 1500-watt transceiver.
> It is just so darned simple to operate, and trouble-free.  When you have
> compromise antennas like I do these days, it is a real pleasure to run
> trouble-free 1.5 KW - life's way too short for less.
>
>

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