Elecraft at the Santa Barbara Hamfest: Wow! Wow! Wow!

[David Inger]

Eric and Dale were at our local hamfest in Santa Barbara on Saturday with a really fantastic display.  The star of the show:  The KPA-500 amp.  It is amazing.  When my friend and I first saw it we thought is was a minature Alpha 87.  What an absolutely beautiful product!  I assumed it had a switching power supply, but Eric informed me that it was a linear supply, with a total amp weight of about 25 lbs., all in the form factor of the K3. It makes a THP amp look too big!

There were a couple of P3's on display as well.  I have mixed feelings of the usefulness (to me) of a panadapter; I may or may not buy one.  But that amp!  If I could pre-order one today I would.  And for those of you who don't have an Elecraft transceiver, the KPA-500 will work with whatever you have.  By the way, if I understood Eric correctly, the amp have full output even on 6 meters.

73 de K6SBA
David in Santa Barbara
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[Richard Thorne]

  Did price come up?

Rich - N5ZC

On 8/15/2010 1:45 PM, David Inger wrote:

> Eric and Dale were at our local hamfest in Santa Barbara on Saturday with a really fantastic display.  The star of the show:  The KPA-500 amp.  It is amazing.  When my friend and I first saw it we thought is was a minature Alpha 87.  What an absolutely beautiful product!  I assumed it had a switching power supply, but Eric informed me that it was a linear supply, with a total amp weight of about 25 lbs., all in the form factor of the K3. It makes a THP amp look too big!
>
> There were a couple of P3's on display as well.  I have mixed feelings of the usefulness (to me) of a panadapter; I may or may not buy one.  But that amp!  If I could pre-order one today I would.  And for those of you who don't have an Elecraft transceiver, the KPA-500 will work with whatever you have.  By the way, if I understood Eric correctly, the amp have full output even on 6 meters.
>
> 73 de K6SBA
> David in Santa Barbara
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[KK7P]

  You did, it does.

73,

Lyle KK7P

> ...By the way, if I understood Eric correctly, the amp have full output even on 6 meters.
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